definition of the word cinch

Spanish cincha (“‘a belt or girth’”)

• (UK) IPA: /sɪntʃ/, SAMPA: /sIntS/

  Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

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cinch (plural cinches)

1. A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
   • He found Andy morosely replacing some broken strands in his cinch, and he went straight at the mooted question. — B. M. Bower, The Flying U's Last Stand
2. (informal) Something that is very easy to do.

   No problem ... it's a cinch.

   • "We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that." — Major Archibald Lee Fletcher, Boy Scouts in the Coal Caverns
3. (informal) A firm hold.
   • You've got the cinch on him. You could send him to quod, and I'd send him there as quick as lightning. I'd hang him, if I could, for what he done to Lil Sarnia. — Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale,

• (something that is very easy to do): See WikiSaurus:easy

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