sinker

Meanings

Plural: sinkers

Noun

• 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.

Synonyms

donut, doughnut

Related Words

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