sinker

1. That which sinks or descends.

2. One who sinks something.

3. A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.

   Hook the sinker onto this loop.

   Bleigewicht

   грузи́лоgruzílo

   грузи́лоhruzýlo

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

4. 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.

   His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.

   си́нкерsínker

5. A sinker nail, used for framing in current construction.

6. (slang)A doughnut; a biscuit.

   по́нчикpónčik, ола́дьяoládʹja, пирожо́кpirožók

7. In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.

1. She swallowed it hook, line and sinker.

   deSie hat es bedenkenlos geglaubt. — Esperantostern

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2. He fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

   ruОн полностью в это поверил. — sharptoothed

   deEr ist voll darauf reingefallen. — Zaghawa

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3. The public bought it hook, line and sinker, didn't they?

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4. I fell hook, line and sinker. I’m a million miles away.

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