sinker
a person or thing that sinks.
a person employed in sinking, as one who sinks shafts.
a weight, as of lead, for sinking a fishing line or net below the surface of the water.
Slang. a doughnut or, sometimes, a biscuit or muffin.
Also called sinkerball .Baseball. a fastball that curves downward sharply as it reaches the plate.
Origin of sinker
1Other words from sinker
- sink·er·less, adjective
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How to use sinker in a sentence
The Pirates also showed him data that suggested he throw fewer sinkers and put his four-seamer at the top of the zone.
‘A bit older and smarter,’ former Nats prospect Wil Crowe gets fresh start with Pirates | Jesse Dougherty | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostThis is important for Wheeler’s ability to miss bats, since hitters have whiffed at his slider on over 30 percent of total swings since the start of the 2020 season, while whiffing at his sinker on under 20 percent of total swings.
Zack Wheeler Was Always The Next Big Thing. He’s Finally Put It All Together. | Brian Menéndez | June 9, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightAnother scored once Corbin plucked Mathisen with a high sinker.
Nothing is working for Patrick Corbin, and the Diamondbacks make him, and the Nats, pay | Jesse Dougherty | April 16, 2021 | Washington PostHe battled to another full count, slicing a sinker into the seats beyond third base.
Juan Soto keeps hitting, Joe Ross keeps dealing and the Nats win their first series | Jesse Dougherty | April 14, 2021 | Washington PostHis sinker hovered around 94 mph but was too often up in the zone.
Erick Fedde stumbles early, Nats’ bats fizzle late as Braves complete doubleheader sweep | Jesse Dougherty | April 8, 2021 | Washington Post
Plus, Fox, for many years, drove the agenda that the other cable nets swallowed hook, line, and sinker.
The Democrats Need to Stop Freaking Out About Obamacare and Take Charge | Michael Tomasky | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHer hairdresser in Malibu filled her in, and after studying every episode she was “hooked, line and sinker,” and signed on.
‘A Certain Age’—Shirley MacLaine Rattles Downton Abbey | Sandra McElwaine | December 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd yet, Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) took the bait hook, line, and sinker, posting about the outrageous story on his Facebook page.
Fooled by ‘The Onion’: 9 Most Embarrassing Fails | Kevin Fallon | November 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe said his reason was sharks but really it was because MCD was a sinker.
‘Bones’ Creator Hart Hanson on Working with Michael Clarke Duncan | Hart Hanson | September 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe therefore gave the order to have the fresh buoy, with its chain and sinker, ready to let go.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneBefore long we will have to take every tool maker and die-sinker in non-war work and put him in war production.'
A horn spear, with barbs, and a fine shell sinker, shows that they lived on fish.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists | George BryceMiette had mechanically placed the sinker above the glass of water.
In Search of a Son | William Shepard WalshIt consists of a float with a sinker at one end and a graduated tube or rod at the other.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. | Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
British Dictionary definitions for sinker
/ (ˈsɪŋkə) /
a weight attached to a fishing line, net, etc, to cause it to sink in water
a person who sinks shafts, etc
US an informal word for doughnut
hook, line, and sinker See hook (def. 18)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with sinker
see hook, line, and sinker.
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