亚洲网紅露点

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sinker

[ sing-ker ]

noun

  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 fastball that curves downward sharply as it reaches the plate.


sinker

/ 藞蝉瑟艐办蓹 /

noun

  1. a weight attached to a fishing line, net, etc, to cause it to sink in water
  2. a person who sinks shafts, etc
  3. an informal word for doughnut
  4. hook, line, and sinker
    See hook
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉颈苍办路别谤路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sinker1

First recorded in 1520鈥30; 1870鈥75 in the sense 鈥渄oughnut鈥; 1930鈥35 in the baseball sense; sink + -er 1
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Idioms and Phrases

see hook, line, and sinker .
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Example Sentences

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And with his four-seamer playing down, he incorporated more sinkers and cutters into his arsenal.

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鈥淚t was false, but America bought it hook, line and sinker. Unfortunately, it unlocked a lot of the most extreme demons of capitalism.鈥

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An array of curveballs, cutters and sinkers complemented it perfectly, holding the Yankees hitless over the first three innings.

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鈥淵ou hit Tatis with a sinker after he鈥檚 two for two with a bomb and a double off of him?鈥

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鈥淚t was kind of nice not having to worry about sinkers in and cutters and curveballs and stuff like that for a day,鈥 he said.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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