cinch
1a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
a firm hold or tight grip.
Informal.
something sure or easy: This problem is a cinch.
a person or thing certain to fulfill an expectation, especially a team or contestant certain to win a sporting event: The Giants are a cinch to win Sunday's game.
to gird with a cinch; gird or bind firmly.
Informal. to seize on or make sure of; guarantee: Ability and hard work cinched her success.
Origin of cinch
1Words Nearby cinch
Other definitions for cinch (2 of 2)
a variety of the game all fours.
Origin of cinch
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How to use cinch in a sentence
And, thanks to a transparent hull, exploring the deep and spotting rare marine life is practically a cinch.
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The historical record suggests it should cinch the contest for the Democrats.
We'll be watched every minute of the time that we prowl around those painted rocks; that's a cinch.
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You've done a big thing to-day, and if you hadn't had more pluck and ginger than common, it's a cinch you'd have lost out.
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Mr. Dooley Says | Finley DunneWe'll cinch that 'strike' of dad's, and Hawley'll be so badly beaten he'll never know what struck him.
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British Dictionary definitions for cinch (1 of 2)
/ (sɪntʃ) /
slang an easy task
slang a certainty
US and Canadian a band around a horse's belly to keep the saddle in position: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): girth
informal a firm grip
(often foll by up) US and Canadian to fasten a girth around (a horse)
(tr) informal to make sure of
(tr) informal to get a firm grip on
Origin of cinch
1British Dictionary definitions for cinch (2 of 2)
/ (sɪntʃ) /
a card game in which the five of trumps ranks highest
Origin of cinch
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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