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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.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
see hook, line, and sinker .Example Sentences
“It was false, but America bought it hook, line and sinker. Unfortunately, it unlocked a lot of the most extreme demons of capitalism.â€
An array of curveballs, cutters and sinkers complemented it perfectly, holding the Yankees hitless over the first three innings.
“You hit Tatis with a sinker after he’s two for two with a bomb and a double off of him?â€
“It was kind of nice not having to worry about sinkers in and cutters and curveballs and stuff like that for a day,†he said.
"And they fell for it hook, line and sinker."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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