CINCH DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
cinch n 1: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake] 2: stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place [syn: cinch, girth] 3: a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps v 1: tie a cinch around; "cinch horses" [syn: cinch, girth] 2: make sure of 3: get a grip on; get mastery of Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary cinch If you say that something is a cinch, you mean that you think it is very easy to do. (INFORMAL) It sounds difficult, but compared to full-time work it was a cinch. = doddle N-SING: a N English Explanatory Dictionary cinch sɪntʃ n. & v. --n. 1 colloq. a a sure thing; a certainty. b an easy task. 2 a firm hold. 3 esp. US a girth for a saddle or pack. --v.tr. 1 a tighten as with a cinch (cinched at the waist with a belt). b secure a grip on. 2 sl. make certain of. 3 esp. US put a cinch (sense 3) on. [Sp. cincha] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Cinch \Cinch\, v. t. In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Cinch \Cinch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Cinch"ing.] 1. To put a cinch upon; to girth tightly. [Western U. S.] 2. To get a sure hold upon; to get into a tight place, as for forcing submission. [Slang, U. S.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Cinch \Cinch\, v. i. To perform the action of cinching; to tighten the cinch; -- often with up. [Western U. S.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Cinch \Cinch\, n. [Cf. cinch a girth, a tight grip, as v., to get a sure hold upon; perh. so named from the tactics used in the game; also cf. Sp. cinco five (the five spots of the color of the trump being important cards).] A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called right pedro) and the five of the same color (called left pedro, and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) each count five on the score. Fifty-one points make a game. Called also double pedro and high five. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Cinch \Cinch\, n. [Sp. cincha, fr. L. cingere to gird.] 1. A strong saddle girth, as of canvas. [West. U. S.] 2. A tight grip. [Colloq.] Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 198 Moby Thesaurus words for "cinch": affix, afford proof of, anchor, annex, ascertain, assure, attach, babe, back band, backstrap, band, bandage, bearing rein, belay, bellyband, belt, bend, bind, bind up, bit, blinders, blinds, boob, brace, breeching, breeze, bridle, bring home to, bundle, caparison, cavesson, cement, certify, chain, checkrein, cheekpiece, chinband, chump, clamp, clear up, clinch, collar, cramp, credulous person, crownband, crupper, cull, curb, dead-sure thing, decide, demonstrate, determine, dismiss all doubt, do up, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, easy target, easy thing, engraft, ensure, establish, fall guy, fasten, find out, fish, fix, follow, follow from, fool, gag swivel, get at, gird, girdle, girt, girth, gobe-mouches, graft, grapple, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, hackamore, halter, hames, hametugs, harness, have a case, headgear, headstall, hip straps, hold good, hold water, horn, innocent, insure, jaquima, jerk line, jockey, knit, lace, lash, lead-pipe cinch, leadpipe cinch, leash, lines, make certain, make fast, make good, make no doubt, make no mistake, make out, make sure, make sure of, martingale, monkey, moor, nail down, natural, noseband, open-and-shut case, patsy, picnic, pie, piece of cake, pigeon, pipe, plaything, pole strap, pommel, prize sap, prove, prove to be, prove true, pushover, put to, reassure, reins, remove all doubt, ribbons, rope, saddle, sap, saphead, schlemiel, screw up, secure, see that, see to it, set, set at rest, set to, settle, settle the matter, setup, shaft tug, shoo-in, show, side check, sinecure, sitting duck, snaffle, snap, sort out, splice, stirrup, stooge, strap, sucker, surcingle, sure bet, sure card, sure success, sure thing, swaddle, swathe, tack, tackle, tie, tie up, tighten, toy, trappings, trice up, trim, truss, trusting soul, tug, velvet, victim, winker braces, winner, wire, wrap, wrap up, yoke |
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