sinker

Plural: sinkers

Noun

• An object used to weigh something down, or one that sinks.
• a small ring-shaped friedcake
• a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
• a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
• That which sinks or descends.
• One who sinks something.
• A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
• 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.
• A sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
• A doughnut; a biscuit.
• In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.

Examples

• His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.
• Hook the sinker onto this loop.
• The ’Q’ without a ’U’ felt like a heavy sinker in his tile rack in Words With Friends.

Synonyms

donut, doughnut

Related Words

curveball, cut fastball, knuckleball, screwball, slider, split-finger fastball, two-seam fastball