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sinker

[sing-ker]

noun

  1. a person or thing that sinks.

  2. a person employed in sinking, as one who sinks shafts.

  3. a weight, as of lead, for sinking a fishing line or net below the surface of the water.

  4. Slang.a doughnut or, sometimes, a biscuit or muffin.

  5. Also called sinkerball.Baseball.a fastball that curves downward sharply as it reaches the plate.

  6. diesinker.



sinker

/ ˈɪŋə /

noun

  1. a weight attached to a fishing line, net, etc, to cause it to sink in water

  2. a person who sinks shafts, etc

  3. an informal word for doughnut

  4. See hook

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sinkerless adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sinker1

First recorded in 1520–30; 1870–75 in the sense “doughnut“; 1930–35 in the baseball sense; sink + -er 1
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So when I’m with somebody that’s really invested and committed to runes or tarot, I am hook, line and sinker in.

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And in between that, May hit a major speed bump, offering up a down-the-middle sinker with two aboard in the bottom of the fourth to Schneemann.

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The right-hander pumped his fastball as high as 97.3 mph and averaged 95.0 on his sinker, both a tick below his season averages.

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But on the other side, Mets starter David Peterson had no trouble going deep, using sharp command with his sinker, seven strikeouts and three double plays to get through 7 ⅔ innings of two-run ball.

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“I think that there’s a lot of sinkers that are not sinking, they’re not commanded. He’s getting into some bad counts. There’s times where he’s not landing his slider,” Roberts said of Banda’s struggles.

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