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sinker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsɪŋkə(ɹ)/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English sink Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sinker From sink + -er.

Meanings

  1. That which sinks or descends.
  2. One who sinks something.
    • McLachlan's value as a coal miner was enhanced by the specialized skill he learned as a shaft-sinker. 1999, David Frank, J.B. McLachlan: A Biography:
  3. A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
    • Hook the sinker onto this loop.
    • Then the caplin moved off, and five minutes later there was no sound except the splash of the sinkers overside, the flapping of the cod, and the whack of the muckles as the men stunned them. 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous:
  4. 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.
    • His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.
  5. A sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
  6. (slang) A doughnut; a biscuit.
    • Of the fifty cents, ten went for the glassy shoeshine; twenty-five for a boutonniere; ten for coffee and sinkers at the Cockeyed Bakery. 1926, Edna Ferber, Show Boat: A Novel, page 268:
    • they improvised by opening a barrel of flour and letting each man dump in a quart of water (if he had one) and scoop out a handful of dough to bake into rock-hard sinkers. 2001, Gerald J. Prokopowicz, All for the Regiment: The Army of the Ohio, 1861-1862, page 148:
    • "Gonna have to dip them sinkers in coffee to get 'em soft enough to chew," Jason Biggs said, grinning. 2003, William W. Johnstone, Ambush Of The Mountain Man, page 168:
  7. In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.

Forms

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Deriveds

sinkerball · tanksinker · well sinker · jack-sinker · diesinker · sinkerless

Relateds

two-seam fastball (baseball pitches) · curveball (baseball pitches) · knuckleball (baseball pitches) · split-finger fastball (baseball pitches) · cut fastball (baseball pitches) · slider (baseball pitches) · screwball (baseball pitches)

Translations (36)

mk кро́фна ((slang) doughnut; biscuit) · mk спу́штена то́пка (baseball pitch) · pl sinker (baseball pitch) · be грузі́ла (weight used in fishing) · cmn 吊錘 /吊锤 (weight used in fishing) · mi māhē (weight used in fishing) · ja 重り (weight used in fishing) · bg тежест (weight used in fishing) · pt chumbo (weight used in fishing) · pl pączek ((slang) doughnut; biscuit) · ru по́нчик ((slang) doughnut; biscuit) · mi mōtū (weight used in fishing) · gl chumbo (weight used in fishing) · ru си́нкер (baseball pitch) · ja オモリ (weight used in fishing) · ko 싱커 (baseball pitch) · pl ciężarek (weight used in fishing) · grc μολύβδαινα (weight used in fishing) · gl chumbada (weight used in fishing) · mk о́лово (weight used in fishing) · cmn 沉子 (weight used in fishing) · ru пирожо́к ((slang) doughnut; biscuit) · fi paino (weight used in fishing) · ja シンカー (baseball pitch) · uk грузи́ло (weight used in fishing) · pt chumbada (weight used in fishing) · ru ола́дья ((slang) doughnut; biscuit) · mi maihea (weight used in fishing) · ru грузи́ло (weight used in fishing) · bg донът ((slang) doughnut; biscuit) · bg поничка ((slang) doughnut; biscuit) · fr plomb (weight used in fishing) · tr zoka (weight used in fishing) · mi karihi (weight used in fishing) · de Bleigewicht (weight used in fishing) · pt chumbinho (weight used in fishing)