sinker

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Oh god, I bought this hook, line, and sinker.

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Quick take

a small ring-shaped friedcake

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sinker gathered in one view.

noun

a small ring-shaped friedcake

noun

a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)

noun

a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sinker.

noun

a small ring-shaped friedcake

noun

a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)

noun

a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate

Example sentences

Oh god, I bought this hook, line, and sinker.

And I fell in to that, hook, line & sinker.

They only do that because some people are destructively naïve and buy it hook, line and sinker.

You're preaching exactly the nonsense DeBeer's wants you to preach; they've got you hook, line, and sinker.

I fear that other developers will read a comment like this three months down the road and take it hook, line, and sinker.

The Americans never had that experience, so they bought into the company line hook line and sinker.

Regarding the "made a deal" assertion, I wouldn't take the IRC log hook-line-and-sinker.

Java in the 90s was a spectacular con job that millions of developers and managers bought hook, line, and sinker.

That anti-war movement bought Obama's promises hook-line-and-sinker and the same people that were out holding signs and going to rallies were canvasing for Obama.

In Apple-worshipping circles, they bought the "Android is a stolen product" bit hook, line and sinker, conveniently ignoring the fact that the iPhone's interface was just an iteration on everything else that had come before.