sinker
Drops the ball
A sinker is a weight attached to a fishing line to make it sink.
The term extends to anything that sinks or causes sinking.
In baseball, a sinker is a pitch that drops sharply as it reaches the plate.
A sinker is also a doughnut, especially a plain one meant for dunking in coffee.
The phrase hook, line, and sinker means completely or without reservation: She fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
Curved catching device
Frequency of sound
- curveballPitch with spin-induced arc
- fastballMaximum-speed baseball throw
- sliderAdjustable interface element
- changeupDeliberately slow pitch
cutter · splitter · knuckleball · screwball · batter · pitcher · mound · strike
Fall or release
- plungeSudden steep descent
- fallDescend under gravity
- diveHeadfirst water entry
- plummetRapid downward descent
descend · submerge · drown · gravity · freefall · nosedive · decline · tumble
hook
Curved catching device
lure · tackle · bait · cast · reel · rod · angler · jig · swivel · float
pitch
Frequency of sound
- curveballPitch with spin-induced arc
- fastballMaximum-speed baseball throw
- sliderAdjustable interface element
changeup · cutter · splitter · knuckleball · screwball · batter · pitcher · mound · strike · ball
drop
Fall or release
plummet · descend · submerge · drown · gravity · freefall · nosedive · decline · tumble · collapse
anchor
Secures ships to seabed
- mooringVessel's secured resting place
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
chain · buoy · vessel · ship · marina · port · berth · kedge · fluke · shackle
donut
Ring-shaped fried sweet
bakery · breakfast · coffee · dunking · cruller · fritter · ring · hole · sugar · oil
- fishingfishing rod, fish, angling, bass fishing, fishing gear
- pitchfastball, curveball, slider, changeup, knuckleball
- burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, weight
- fishing gearfishing rod, hook, spinning rod, spinning reel, nets
- food slanggrub, chow, eats, nosh, munchies
- nailsnails, common nail, fingernails, finishing nail, toenails
sinkerbobber
Fishing line indicator
float · floater · cork · buoy · life preserver
- kitchen sinkBuilt-in basin for washing
- sink inBecome fully understood
- sink or swimSucceed alone or fail
- sinking feelingAnxious gut premonition
- sinking inGradually being understood
- sinking shipVessel filling with water
sink, sinking, sinks, sinkhole, sinkers, sinkholes, sinkable