cinch
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cinch¹
- /sɪntʃ/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɪntʃ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Occitan cencha, from Latin cincta, or from Spanish cincha (“a belt or girth”), from Late Latin cingula, from Latin cingulum. Doublet of cingle.
noun cinches
- 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.
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Something that is very easy to do.
We thought we had a cinch on getting out by way of this cord and so we followed that.
Similar: piece of cake
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Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
As a matter of fact, from the look of Elmer's shoulder, it wasn't a cinch that he would ever pitch again.
Similar: sure thing
- 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.
Similar: breeze
verb cinches · cinching · cinched
- To bring to certain conclusion.
- To tighten down. He let Sandy stand for a minute and then took the saddle off. Several more of these saddlings and unsaddlings followed. Then finally the saddle was cinched. Again Sandy repeated his pattern of calming down after the first unfamiliarity of a new experience had worn off. […] Before long Sandy accepted
cinch²
- /sɪntʃ/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɪntʃ
Where it comes from
Compare senses at etymology 1 (a girth, a tight grip), perhaps suggesting the tactics used in the game; or perhaps from Spanish cinco (“five”), the five spots of the colour of the trump being important cards.
noun
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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 colour (called "left Pedro", and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) are each worth five. Fifty-one points make a game.
Similar: double Pedro, high five
verb cinches · cinching · cinched
- In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.
cinch³
- /sɪntʃ/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɪntʃ
Where it comes from
Uncertain; perhaps from Cinch Connectors, a Chicago-based company producing connectors.
noun
- An RCA connector.
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: breeze
Translations
Every language
noun saddle girth
| Español | cincha |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sattelgurt |
| Română | chingă |
| Русский | подпру́га podprúga |
noun something that is very easy to do
| Español | facil |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 有把握的事 |
| Português | canja |
| Français | jeu d'enfant |
| Deutsch | Kinderspiel, Kleinigkeit |
| Italiano | gioco da ragazzi |
| Русский | лёгкое де́ло ljóxkoje délo, ве́рное де́ло vérnoje délo |
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