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Meanings of sinker in English

Portuguese
sonho
Catalan
donut
Wikidata

A small ring-shaped friedcake.

sonho

Type of pitch in baseball.

Synonyms
Examples for "doughnut"
Examples for "doughnut"
1
Lula gazed into the doughnut box, thinking ahead to doughnut number three.
Three to get deadly and four to score
2
He thought that my doughnut and coffee should be on the house.
Too close to home
3
Moyo bit into his doughnut, which tasted as good as it looked.
The Neutronium Alchemist
4
Stanhope will work with the BBC to redevelop the concrete doughnut-shaped site.
Reuters
5
With the second doughnut, my mind took another go at the skeletons.
Monday Mourning
1
I start hanging out at the donut shop every once in awhile.
Freaks and revelations
2
His partner with the donut locked the outer door and joined him.
Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
3
Franklin steps out from behind the donut pile and approaches the boy.
The Cannibals of Candyland
4
Some few seconds, she thought, as she dove into her second donut.
Terminal Compromise
5
How about a donut-shaped barbecue boat or a tonne of chicken claws?
The Irish Times
Usage of sinker in English
1
We dropped the sinker, and found the Parki bleeding at every pore.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
2
That poor dear has to swallow a sinker with everything she inhales.
The Sorrows of a Show Girl: A Story of the Great "White Way"
3
Back then Mariano really didn't use his sinker away to lefties.
The Yankee Years
4
And a lot of us dumbed-down consumers buy it hook, line, and sinker.
Feminist dot com
5
And we fell for it hook, line and no doubt jolly satisfying sinker.
The Guardian
6
The body could not have reappeared, the sinker was securely fastened.
Depths
7
To my amusement, this was generally bought hook, line and sinker.
A journey: my political life
8
Italy had been a sinker for her, both personally and professionally.
Deadly little secrets
9
Tom had, among his tackle, a line with a sinker attached.
The High School Boys' Fishing Trip
10
Say, pard, cup o' coffee an' a sinker wouldn't go bad.'
Tales of the Road
11
And Sam has, without question, fallen hook, line, and sinker.
Babyville
12
The Cypriote well-sinker works upon a principle of simple multiplication.
Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
13
I'm totally hooked, line and sinker, on this particular burger.
Radio NZ
14
After several turns in his hand, he identified it as a fisherman's lead sinker.
Crucifixion river
15
I took their bait and fell for it hook, line and sinker, he said.
Reuters
16
In other words, Dwayne swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
The Secret History of Twin Peaks
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Translations for sinker
Catalan
donut
Sinker through the time
Sinker across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common