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Definition of Cinch
1. Verb. Tie a cinch around. "Cinch horses"
2. Noun. Any undertaking that is easy to do. "Marketing this product will be no picnic"
Specialized synonyms: Doddle
Generic synonyms: Labor, Project, Task, Undertaking
Derivative terms: Breeze, Walk Over
3. Verb. Make sure of.
4. Noun. Stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place.
Group relationships: Harness
Generic synonyms: Saddlery, Stable Gear, Tack
Derivative terms: Girth
5. Verb. Get a grip on; get mastery of.
6. Noun. A form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps.
Definition of Cinch
1. n. A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.
2. v. t. To put a cinch upon; to girth tightly.
3. v. i. To perform the action of cinching; to tighten the cinch; -- often with up.
4. n. 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.
5. v. t. In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.
Definition of Cinch
1. Noun. A simple saddle girth used in Mexico. ¹
2. Noun. (informal) Something that is very easy to do. ¹
3. Noun. (informal) A firm hold. ¹
4. Verb. To bring to certain conclusion. ¹
5. Verb. To tighten down. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cinch
1. to girth [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: girth
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cinch
Literary usage of Cinch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"The cinch or girth consisted of a broad band of small ropes usually plaited ...
On the right side the cinch was securely fastened to the saddle ring by the ..."
2. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1921)
"126 A LEAD PIPE cinch —WHY WIPE A JOINT? JH SCHALEK, MANUFACTURERS LIGHT & HEAT
Co., PITTSBURGH, PA. Remember how, when you were younger, you watched the ..."
3. Handbook for Rangers & Woodsmen by Jay Laird Burgess Taylor (1916)
"Tightening the cinch.—The front cinch of a double-rigged saddle is fastened first.
To do this, the left hand is thrust beneath the animal's body, the cinch ..."
4. A Manual of Examinations: Upon Anatomy and Physiology, Surgery, Practice of by John Livingston Ludlow (1846)
"R cinch, pv. gi. Camph. 3i. M. Ft. Pulv. 41. To dress hospital gan grene. 42.
... 46. To be sprinkled on scrofulous ulcers. [J Pv. cinch. ..."
5. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"... he struck off into one of the little cattle trails with which the mountains
abound, laughing the while like a boy to discover how cinch ..."
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