sinker

Meaning

Noun

• One who sinks something.
• A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
• 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.
• Sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.
• 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.

Origin

• sink + -er.