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cinch
1[ sinch ]
noun
- a 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.
verb (used with object)
- 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.
cinch
2[ sinch ]
noun
- a variety of the game all fours.
cinch
1/ ɪԳʃ /
noun
- slang.an easy task
- slang.a certainty
- 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
verb
- often foll by up to fasten a girth around (a horse)
- informal.tr to make sure of
- informal.tr to get a firm grip on
cinch
2/ ɪԳʃ /
noun
- a card game in which the five of trumps ranks highest
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cinch1
Origin of cinch2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cinch1
Origin of cinch2
Example Sentences
It took me three hours to force the hose onto the pump nozzle, but I couldn’t cinch it up securely.
The hourglass silhouette – the cinched in waist and fuller skirt – felt pointed and intentional.
He certainly was no cinch to make it to the major leagues, though.
His lifetime batting average has dipped to .299, and milestones such as 500 home runs and 3,000 hits that once seemed a cinch are now long shots or downright impossible.
The clothes: Cocooned hoods, floor-grazing trench coats with a kind of backward veil, cinched jackets with ’80s proportions in leopard-printed pony hair and an iridescent shorts suit the color of rich amber.
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