Crossword clues for sinker
sinker
- Pitcher's pitch, sometimes
- Fishing weight
- Double-play pitch, hopefully
- Double-play inducer
- Pitch that curves downward
- Pitch from Pelfrey
- Partner of hook and line
- Item for dunking
- Hook and line companion
- Fishing-line weight
- Fisherman's need
- Doughnut, informally
- Donut, in slang
- Changeup alternative
- Carlos Zambrano pitch
- Plumbers' favorite fishing item?
- Tricky pitch
- Tackle box item
- Hook, line and ___
- Deceptive pitch
- Fishing item
- A pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
- A small ring-shaped friedcake
- Donut, slangily
- Doughnut: Slang
- Weight on a fishing line
- Fishing line weight
- Certain pitch
- Angling aid
- Baseball pitch that suddenly drops
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sinker \Sink"er\, n. One who, or that which, sinks. Specifically:
A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
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In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles. Dividing sinker, in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers and acting alternately with them. Jack sinker. See under Jack, n. Sinker bar.
In knitting machines, a bar to which one set of the sinkers is attached.
In deep well boring, a heavy bar forming a connection between the lifting rope and the boring tools, above the jars.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1838 in the fishing-line sense, agent noun from sink (v.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context fishing English) A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink 2 (context baseball English) 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 3 (context construction English) sinker nail, used for framing in current construction. 4 (context slang English) A doughnut; a biscuit. 5 In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Sinker may refer to:
- Sinker (fishing), a weight used in fishing
- Sinker (baseball), a type of baseball pitch
- In mining, a skilled man who contracted to sink new shafts.
- Sinker (Beyond the Black Stump), a character in Beyond the Black Stump, an Australian comic strip
- George Sinker (1900–1986), MA, Bishop of Nagpur and Provost of Birmingham Cathedral
- John Sinker (1874–1936), MA, an eminent Anglican priest and author in the 20th century
- Sinker nail, commonly used in wood-frame construction
- Sinker root, an enlarged, somewhat straight to tapering plant root that grows vertically downward
- A doughnut, slang usually used to suggest dunking (or "sinking") it in coffee
In baseball, a sinker or sinking fastball is a type of fastball pitch which has significant downward and horizontal movement and is known for inducing ground balls. Pitchers who use the sinker tend to rely on it heavily and do not need to change pitch speeds as much as other pitchers do because the sinking action induces weak bat contact. Other pitchers normally change pitch speeds to achieve this effect. The sinker is much more often used by right-handed pitchers than left-handed pitchers.
- redirect Beyond the Black Stump (comic strip)
Usage examples of "sinker".
It might have passed for challenge, since Fleed was facing Sinker and Riff.
When Bret had told her about his master plan Sinker for bringing down the German Democratic Republic by targeting the respectable middle class, she knew it was right.
His overall problem was that keeping Sinker such a close secret meant telling ever more complex lies to his friends and colleagues.
There was work before departure, a task that both Sinker and Riff understood.
By the time that Sinker and Riff had come down the stairs from the penthouse, the space by the elevators had cleared.
He saw Sinker making a dive for a roadster that had swung in from the opposite direction.
But Harry had spied the roadster when Sinker had boarded it near the parking lot, behind the Messenger building.
He intended to blast shots through the thin wood, should Sinker order death to Shyvan.
Shyvan was ready to believe that Clyde was one of the watchers whom Sinker and Riff had mentioned.
He was only half a minute behind Sinker and Riff when he stepped out into the darkness of the back street.
The Shadow would watch and work from darkness, without need to disturb such lesser crooks as Sinker and Riff.
From the darkness of that same little passage where Sinker and Riff had made their threats to Shyvan.
The only men not in the know were Sinker and Riff, the pair whose threats had cowered Shyvan.
It would not be long, however, before Sinker and Riff would learn where Shyvan was.
Dunlon - Sinker - Riff - those were the three whom The Shadow kept totally at bay.