sinker

IPA: sˈɪŋkɝ

One who sinks something.
(fishing) A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
(baseball) 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.
(construction) A sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
(slang) 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 of "sinker" in Sentences

Sinker left the NME shortly after.
He is known as a sinker ball pitcher.
You are buying it hook, line, and sinker.
An anchor is connected to the sinker ball.
I have a sinker, but it is a natural delivery.
He threw a sinker, a raise ball and a spitter .
This man is a machinist, toolmaker and die sinker.
But some would accept the story hook line and sinker.
For some reason, the information on the sinker was lost, but I'll exhume it.
A fishing sinker with skeletal fins projecting therefrom that serve to engage the floor of the fishing bed and maintain the sinker in its cast position.