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cinch1 nouncinch2 verb cinchcinch1 /sɪntʃ/ noun [singular] informal   cinch1Origin: 1800-1900 Spanish cincha ‘leather band around a horse’, from Latin cingula - After that, he was on his own, but the thousand dollars was a cinch.
- Edith finds the cooking a cinch.
- He used the third to make a cinch between her hands and the chair's bottom rail.
- I doubted that the load could be lifted, but Leese said it would be a cinch.
- Making an ocean is no cinch.
- There was no manual with the beta version, but the package as a whole is a cinch to use.
- Today Astrid wore a white satiny dress with a wide gold cinch belt.
to be very easy to do► be a cinch/a piece of cake spoken informal · If you can learn Japanese, learning French should be a piece of cake.· Don't worry about the exam. It'll be a cinch!be a cinch to learn/drive/use etc · My new car's a cinch to drive, compared to the old one. ► be a doddle British informal /be a snap/a breeze American informal · "You passed your driving test?'' "Yes -- it was a doddle!''· Managing a team of businessmen is a snap compared to a team of twelve-year-olds.a doddle/snap/breeze to do something · It's a snap to make this sauce if you have a few basic ingredients in the cupboard. ► be child's play use this when saying that something is surprisingly easy for someone to do, or that something is very easy compared to something else: · Persuading people to give away their money is child's play when you know how.· Life today is child's play compared to how it was 100 years ago. ► there's nothing to it spoken say this when it is easy for you to do something, even though other people think it is difficult: · "Oh, great! You've fixed the washing machine." "Yeah, there was nothing to it, really." ► anyone can do something use this to say that something is so easy that everyone could do it: · Anyone can learn to cook.· I don't know why you think you're so clever -- anyone can do that.· Politicians insist that there are plenty of jobs and that anyone can get one if they really try. ► be a pushover someone who is a pushover is very easy to defeat, persuade etc: · The kids all think their new English teacher's a real pushover.be no pushover (=not be easy to defeat, persuade etc): · Colonel Moore was no pushover. He wouldn't let anyone tell him what to do. ► like taking candy from a baby spoken extremely easy: · Sally smiled to herself. It was easy to attract men. Like taking candy from a baby. 1something that is very easy:  ‘How was the exam?’ ‘Oh, it was a cinch!’be a cinch to do something The program is a cinch to install.2 American English something that will definitely happen, or someone who will definitely do somethingbe a cinch to do something Most observers say the president is a cinch to win re-election.cinch1 nouncinch2 verb cinchcinch2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEcinch |
| Present | I, you, we, they | cinch | | he, she, it | cinchs | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cinched | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cinched | | he, she, it | has cinched | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cinched | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cinch | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cinched |
- Brown hopes to cinch the deal by Monday.
- She had her dress cinched at the waist with a belt.
- A piece of rope still cinched his neck.
- She had tinted blond hair, large glasses, a blue dress cinched at the waist by a wide glossy belt.
- The Los Angeles conference really cinched it for me.
- The zip gaped open an inch at his waist, which was cinched in far too tightly by a fake crocodile belt.
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