- sinker
- noun Date: 1632 1. one that sinks; specifically a weight for sinking a fishing line, seine, or sounding line 2. doughnut 3. a fastball that sinks as it reaches the plate — called also sinker ball
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Sinker — Sink er, n. One who, or that which, sinks. Specifically: (a) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it. (b) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sinker — may refer to: * Sinker (baseball), a type of baseball pitch * Sinker (fishing), a weight used in fishing * Doughnut, slang usually used to suggest dunking (or sinking ) it in coffee * Sinker ( Zoids ), a fictional mecha from Zoids … Wikipedia
Sinker — Sinker, 1) überhaupt so v.w. Senker; 2) diejenigen jungen Tulipanenzwiebeln, welche unter der Hauptzwiebel in die Tiefe wachsen, da hingegen die neben derselben wachsenden Setzlinge heißen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
sinker — ► NOUN ▪ a weight used to sink a fishing line or sounding line … English terms dictionary
sinker — [siŋkər] n. 1. a person or thing that sinks 2. a lead weight used in fishing ☆ 3. Informal a doughnut ☆ 4. Baseball a pitched ball that drops downward sharply as it reaches home plate: sometimes called sinkerball [sing′kərbôl΄] … English World dictionary
sinker — [[t]sɪ̱ŋkə(r)[/t]] PHRASE: PHR after v (emphasis) You can use hook, line, and sinker to emphasize that someone is tricked or forced into a situation completely. We fell for it hook, line, and sinker... I was caught hook, line and sinker … English dictionary
Sinker — A bond with payments that are provided by the issuer s sinking fund. A sinker s bond payments are paid from a pool of money that the issuer has set aside to repurchase a portion of the bonds it has issued each year. By repurchasing some bonds… … Investment dictionary
sinker — UK [ˈsɪŋkə(r)] / US [ˈsɪŋkər] noun [countable] Word forms sinker : singular sinker plural sinkers 1) a heavy object used in fishing to carry the line or the net to the bottom of the water See: hook I 2) in baseball, a ball that drops down as it… … English dictionary
sinker — See: HOOK, LINE AND SINKER … Dictionary of American idioms
sinker — See: HOOK, LINE AND SINKER … Dictionary of American idioms
sinker — In naval mine warfare, a heavy weight to which a buoyant mine is moored. The sinker generally houses the mooring rope drum and depth setting mechanism and for mines laid by ships, it also serves as a launching trolley … Military dictionary
