person or thing that sinks; weight used to sink a line or net; donut or muffin (Slang); type of pitch that drops toward the ground as it approaches home plate (Baseball)
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Sinker Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who, or that which, sinks.
One who, or that which, sinks.
(n.)
In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
(n.)
A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
jack sinker
hook line and sinker
well sinker
dividing sinker
Noun
1. a small ring-shaped friedcake
(synonym) doughnut, donut
(hypernym) friedcake
(hyponym) raised doughnut
2. a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
(hypernym) weight
(derivation) sink, settle, go down, go under
3. a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
(hypernym) pitch, delivery
Sinker Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
A bond with interest and principal payments coming from the proceeds of a sinking fund.
Copyright © 2000, Campbell R. Harvey. All Rights Reserved.Sinker Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
(*) In naval mine warfare, a heavy weight to which a buoyant mine is moored. The sinker generally houses the mooring rope drum and depth-setting mechanism and for mines laid by ships, it also serves as a launching trolley.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Sinker Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Sinker may refer to:
- Sinker (fishing), a weight used in fishing
- Sinker (baseball), a type of baseball pitch
- 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
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Sinker Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
A board with low volume that sinks beneath you when stationary. Most short boards are to some extent sinkers - even if they don't sink, they're unstable when not planing.
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