He fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
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Sinker
//ˈsɪŋkə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "sinker" (74 found)
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Related words (37)
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9 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 16 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μολύβδαινα noun (weight used in fishing)
Belarusian
1 entries- грузі́ла noun (weight used in fishing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- донът noun ((slang) doughnut; biscuit)
- поничка noun ((slang) doughnut; biscuit)
- тежест noun (weight used in fishing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 吊錘 /吊锤 noun (weight used in fishing)
- 沉子 noun (weight used in fishing)
Finnish
1 entries- paino noun (weight used in fishing)
French
1 entries- plomb noun (weight used in fishing)
Galician
2 entries- chumbada noun (weight used in fishing)
- chumbo noun (weight used in fishing)
German
1 entries- Bleigewicht noun (weight used in fishing)
Japanese
3 entries- オモリ noun (weight used in fishing)
- シンカー noun (baseball pitch)
- 重り noun (weight used in fishing)
Korean
1 entries- 싱커 noun (baseball pitch)
Macedonian
3 entries- кро́фна noun ((slang) doughnut; biscuit)
- о́лово noun (weight used in fishing)
- спу́штена то́пка noun (baseball pitch)
Māori
4 entries- karihi noun (weight used in fishing)
- maihea noun (weight used in fishing)
- māhē noun (weight used in fishing)
- mōtū noun (weight used in fishing)
Polish
1 entries- ciężarek noun (weight used in fishing)
Portuguese
3 entries- chumbada noun (weight used in fishing)
- chumbinho noun (weight used in fishing)
- chumbo noun (weight used in fishing)
Russian
4 entries- грузи́ло noun (weight used in fishing)
- ола́дья noun ((slang) doughnut; biscuit)
- пирожо́к noun ((slang) doughnut; biscuit)
- по́нчик noun ((slang) doughnut; biscuit)
Ukrainian
1 entries- грузи́ло noun (weight used in fishing)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
She swallowed it hook, line and sinker.
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The public bought it hook, line and sinker, didn't they?
Source: tatoeba (3732061)
I fell hook, line and sinker. I’m a million miles away.
Source: tatoeba (11063287)
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