Sinker

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that sinks, as a weight used for sinking fishing lines or nets.
  • n. Slang A doughnut.
  • n. Baseball A sinkerball.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink
  • n. Any of several high speed pitches that have a downward motion near the plate; a two-seam fastball, a split-finger fastball, or a forkball
  • n. Sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
  • n. A doughnut; a biscuit.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
  • n. In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which sinks or causes to sink. Particularly
  • n. In knitting-machines, stocking-frames, etc., one of several flat pieces of metal attached to the jacks, and also to the sinker-bar, and serving to form loops in the thread between the needles. See jack, 11 , sinker-bar, and knitting-machine.
  • n. A cesspool.
  • n. A hollow sinker containing shot, that may be adjusted to any required weight.
  • n. A sinker with spiral rings, which can be put on and taken off the line without disturbing the hook or bait.
  • n. Same as dead-head, 4.
  • n. A heavy dumpling or doughnut; a dough-sinker; a dough-boy.
  • n. A (silver) dollar.
  • n. See the extract.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
  • n. a small ring-shaped friedcake
  • n. a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weight    delivery    pitch   
    Cross Reference
    ponderating sinker    running    adjustable sinker    slider    screwball   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Tinker    drinker    freethinker    kinker    klinker   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ready-made    self-organizing    information    inkstand    dragg   
     
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