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6 Letter Words for Sinker
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Definitions for Sinker
[1] a person or thing that sinks.
[2] a person employed in sinking, as one who sinks shafts.
[3] a weight, as of lead, for sinking a fishing line or net below the surface of the water.
[4] Slang . a doughnut or, sometimes, a biscuit or muffin.
[5] Also called sinkerball. Baseball . a pitched ball that curves downward sharply as it reaches the plate.
[6] a weight attached to a fishing line, net, etc, to cause it to sink in water
[7] a person who sinks shafts, etc
[8] US an informal word for doughnut
[9] hook, line, and sinker See hook (def. 18)
Words related to Sinker
pressure, bun, pastry, counterpoise, stone, plumb, mass, counterbalance, rock, bob, anchor, ballast, sandbag, pendulum, poundage, counterweight, Danish, cruller, dunker
Words nearby Sinker
sink in, sink one's teeth into, sink or swim, sink through the floor, sinkage, sinker, sinkerball, sinkhole, sinkiang-uighur autonomous region, sinking, sinking feeling, a
Origin of Sinker
1520–30; 1920–25 for def 4 ; 1925–30 for def 5 ; sink + -er1
Other words from Sinker
sink·er·less , adjective
Synonyms for Sinker
pressure, anchor, ballast, bob, counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, mass, pendulum, plumb, poundage, rock, sandbag, stone, plumb bob