シンカー
Meanings
1
A baseball pitch that drops sharply as it reaches the batter.
His sinker drops sharply right in front of the batter.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉がシンカーを投げるfor a pitcher to throw a sinker
That pitcher throws a sinker as his out pitch.
- シンカーで〈人〉を打ち取るto get a batter out with a sinker
He got the batter out with a sinker.