sinkerball

Variant of sinker

sinker definition

sinker (-kər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that sinks
  2. a lead weight used in fishing
  3. ☆ Informal a doughnut
  4. ☆ Baseball a pitched ball that drops downward sharply as it reaches home plate
    sometimes called sinkerball sink′er·ball′ (-bôl′)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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