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sinker
[sing-ker]
noun
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.
Other 51Թ Forms
- sinkerless adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
So when I’m with somebody that’s really invested and committed to runes or tarot, I am hook, line and sinker in.
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.
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.
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.
“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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