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Definition of cinch in English: cinchnoun sɪn(t)ʃsɪn(t)ʃ 1informal An extremely easy task. the program was a cinch to use Example sentencesExamples - Once I met the challenge of getting there for under $500, keeping costs down was a cinch.
- You would think that occupying my time would be a cinch.
- Running both Germany and UK will be a cinch for her.
- Life should be a cinch for a wine-loving pop star.
- You would think that it would be a cinch to give an exciting or glamorous, or appropriately poetic, account of 36 hours in Rome.
- All this makes vote fraud a cinch.
- The club is located just around the corner, so getting there is a cinch.
- Question 5 will be a cinch if you are a bit of a telly watcher.
- For real poor people this should be a cinch; a real work-from-home opportunity.
- If you know the child well enough, buying that perfect gift is a cinch.
- Cleaning silicone toys is a cinch: you can boil them or throw them in the dishwasher.
- What we learned at the time from some of the world's leading security experts was that breaking into even the most sensitive sites on the Internet was a cinch.
- With this lemonade concentrate in the refrigerator, making a cold drink is a cinch.
- It's a cinch to make your own ‘convenience-type’ food.
- It was a cinch getting insurance for me because I was 30, even though I had never driven unaccompanied.
- This is not the most sophisticated-looking dish but it's a cinch to prepare and tastes terrific.
- It made broadcasting from Antarctica seem like a cinch.
- As Bayard reminded me, it was a cinch to find it on the internet.
- Writing is hard work; talking is a cinch.
- For people intimidated by new technology, even this process is a cinch!
Synonyms easy task, easy job, child's play, five-finger exercise, gift, walkover, nothing informal doddle, walk in the park, piece of cake, picnic, money for old rope, money for jam, breeze, sitter, kids' stuff, cushy job/number, doss, cakewalk, pushover North American informal duck soup, snap Australian/New Zealand informal bludge, snack South African informal a piece of old tackie dated snip British vulgar slang a piece of piss See also: easy- 1.1North American A sure thing; a certainty.
he was a cinch to take a prize Example sentencesExamples - Just treat me nice, Omnus, and you'll be a cinch to win that position.
- Seemingly every palazzo had a party, but the winner was a cinch.
- He was a cinch to cast as the wicked wizard Jafar in Aladdin.
- Al Hirschfeld had not only made it to 99, he seemed a cinch to hit 100.
- At the time, Hull had racked up 27 goals and he seemed a cinch to break his own record of 50 goals set in 1962.
- How many times have we seen horses who look like cinches get beat?
- After a lackluster performance, it was a cinch for the judges to send him home.
Synonyms certainty, sure thing informal cert, dead cert
2North American A girth for a Western saddle or pack of a type used mainly in Mexico and the western US. they watered the horses and loosed the cinches Example sentencesExamples - A wet cinch was a damned nuisance, and the soaked saddle fenders weren't adding to the pleasure of the night.
- Use clean tack, saddle pads, and cinches / girths, and make sure your saddle fits your horse.
- Adam had checked his cinch then stepped into the stirrup before swinging on to the chestnut stallion.
- John's completed saddles are 100% ready to ride with their custom mohair cinches, latigo and stirrups.
- Coby's great uncle tightened the cinch and put a boot in the little mare's saddle stirrup.
- How about a more traditional stock saddle, with a hand-tooled leather skirt and a rope cinch?
- Sometimes I would throw a stirrup over a saddle to tighten the cinch.
- He tightened up his cinches and stepped back aboard.
- Adam swung his saddle onto Sport's back and bent to tighten the cinch.
- After quickly brushing Mesa, I began to saddle him up, carefully tightening the cinch.
- As she tightened the cinch of the saddle again she swore she wasn't going to go back to the cabin just yet.
- She didn't slide up into the saddle, she jerked the cinch and used her spurs before I'd even pitched.
- Kemp walked to his horse, tightened the cinch on his saddle and walked it past men standing around talking.
- Tack is not defined, but presumably means saddle and bridle and normal accessories, such as girths, cinches and saddle pads.
verb sɪn(t)ʃsɪn(t)ʃ [with object]North American 1Secure (a garment) with a belt. my cut-offs are cinched by a belt Example sentencesExamples - I've cinched my belts inward relentlessly, drilling new holes as the slimming down process did its job.
- It was tucked into his jeans under a black belt cinched tight around his slim waist.
- He pulled the white gloves from the leather belt that cinched his tunic at his waist and tugged them over his hands.
- But any sensible reptile at Cable Beach wouldn't dare mess with David when they see the crocodile skin belt cinching his trousers!
- The crew in the back of the aircraft was cinching down their safety belts and shoulder harnesses.
- Along with the fedora, he also wore a robe, cinched closed by a belt.
- I ran a trembling hand through my wet hair, then cinched my white robe tighter around my waist.
- Instead, you pull your jeans up high and cinch them with a belt.
- Clothing droops and drifts on his small body; faded denim pants slip despite cinching with a braided belt.
- She poked a few more holes in the belt and then cinched it around her waist.
- She rolled out of bed and had just cinched the belt on her bathrobe when she heard tapping on her window.
- Aching from head to toe, Clara pulled the thick, heavy robe around her waist and cinched the belt tighter.
- She stood there cinching her robe until Lester came out of the kitchen.
- Don't you just love this long cinched white jacket?
- Always wear a sturdy weightlifting belt cinched tightly when doing heavy deadlifts.
- She grabbed a belt from the dresser, cinching it tight to keep the jeans up.
- A finely-crafted leather belt was cinched loosely around her waist.
- Too-large dress shirts can be cinched with a belt to accentuate your figure.
- The wasp waist, achieved with the help of a corset and a tightly cinched belt, became popular at the end of the nineteenth century.
- I was a bit of a rockabilly in those days, and I used to wear circle skirts with tight polo-necked tops and a very, very cinched waist.
- 1.1 Fix (a saddle) securely by means of a girth.
when I caught up with him he was cinching up the saddle on Rose Example sentencesExamples - Joshua cinched the girth on his horse's saddle, pulling it tight and swinging upon the animal's broad back with ease.
- She cinched it up pretty tight and went to get the bridle.
- He instructed me on how to correctly place the saddle and cinch it up.
- He was throwing the saddle over the back of the big black horse and was cinching it down as I peppered him with questions.
- As soon as I come out of the show ring I have to immediately cinch up the saddle.
- The saddle had been girthed and cinched tight to him.
- The stable man worked quickly, putting a velvet saddle blanket on, then the saddle, which he cinched securely.
- He gave her one look before he finished cinching the saddle.
- After cinching the saddle tightly around the donkey's belly, she adjusted the balance of the baskets.
2informal Make certain of. his advice cinched her decision to accept the offer Example sentencesExamples - Each time she came so close, but just couldn't cinch it.
- The night I came home to find my CD player broken and all my wine drunk cinched it.
- But the decision was cinched by an email from my 10-year-old niece.
- If you need further convincing, perhaps this will cinch the deal.
- I took her hands and we did a walkaround, and she smiled back at me and the deal was cinched.
- I guess it was being born on a Friday that cinched it for me.
- This quote is what cinches my position.
- That cinched it: I knew I was going to college because I couldn't exactly give up a scholarship, right?
- Susie's domination here, however, cinched her first-place victory and secured her a place in fitness history as the only three-time winner.
- Okay Mark, that cinches it: You have no taste in music.
Origin Mid 19th century (in sense 2 of the noun): from Spanish cincha 'girth'. The first recorded use of cinch, ‘something that is easy to achieve’, was as a term for a girth of a saddle that was made from separate twisted strands of horsehair. It was used in Mexico and the western USA, and is a Spanish word. The link between the original meaning and the modern one is the idea of having a firm or secure hold on something.
Rhymes clinch, finch, flinch, inch, lynch, Minch, pinch, squinch, winch Definition of cinch in US English: cinchnounsin(t)SHsɪn(t)ʃ 1informal An extremely easy task. the program was a cinch to use Example sentencesExamples - Question 5 will be a cinch if you are a bit of a telly watcher.
- With this lemonade concentrate in the refrigerator, making a cold drink is a cinch.
- Writing is hard work; talking is a cinch.
- The club is located just around the corner, so getting there is a cinch.
- Running both Germany and UK will be a cinch for her.
- As Bayard reminded me, it was a cinch to find it on the internet.
- If you know the child well enough, buying that perfect gift is a cinch.
- You would think that it would be a cinch to give an exciting or glamorous, or appropriately poetic, account of 36 hours in Rome.
- Once I met the challenge of getting there for under $500, keeping costs down was a cinch.
- What we learned at the time from some of the world's leading security experts was that breaking into even the most sensitive sites on the Internet was a cinch.
- This is not the most sophisticated-looking dish but it's a cinch to prepare and tastes terrific.
- For people intimidated by new technology, even this process is a cinch!
- All this makes vote fraud a cinch.
- Cleaning silicone toys is a cinch: you can boil them or throw them in the dishwasher.
- It was a cinch getting insurance for me because I was 30, even though I had never driven unaccompanied.
- For real poor people this should be a cinch; a real work-from-home opportunity.
- It made broadcasting from Antarctica seem like a cinch.
- Life should be a cinch for a wine-loving pop star.
- You would think that occupying my time would be a cinch.
- It's a cinch to make your own ‘convenience-type’ food.
Synonyms easy, uncomplicated, not difficult, undemanding, unexacting, unchallenging, effortless, painless, trouble-free, facile, simple, straightforward, elementary, idiot-proof, plain sailing, a walkover, a gift, nothing - 1.1North American A sure thing; a certainty.
he was a cinch to take a prize Example sentencesExamples - Al Hirschfeld had not only made it to 99, he seemed a cinch to hit 100.
- At the time, Hull had racked up 27 goals and he seemed a cinch to break his own record of 50 goals set in 1962.
- He was a cinch to cast as the wicked wizard Jafar in Aladdin.
- Seemingly every palazzo had a party, but the winner was a cinch.
- Just treat me nice, Omnus, and you'll be a cinch to win that position.
- After a lackluster performance, it was a cinch for the judges to send him home.
- How many times have we seen horses who look like cinches get beat?
2North American A girth for a Western saddle or pack. Example sentencesExamples - Kemp walked to his horse, tightened the cinch on his saddle and walked it past men standing around talking.
- How about a more traditional stock saddle, with a hand-tooled leather skirt and a rope cinch?
- Tack is not defined, but presumably means saddle and bridle and normal accessories, such as girths, cinches and saddle pads.
- After quickly brushing Mesa, I began to saddle him up, carefully tightening the cinch.
- A wet cinch was a damned nuisance, and the soaked saddle fenders weren't adding to the pleasure of the night.
- As she tightened the cinch of the saddle again she swore she wasn't going to go back to the cabin just yet.
- Use clean tack, saddle pads, and cinches / girths, and make sure your saddle fits your horse.
- He tightened up his cinches and stepped back aboard.
- John's completed saddles are 100% ready to ride with their custom mohair cinches, latigo and stirrups.
- Adam had checked his cinch then stepped into the stirrup before swinging on to the chestnut stallion.
- She didn't slide up into the saddle, she jerked the cinch and used her spurs before I'd even pitched.
- Sometimes I would throw a stirrup over a saddle to tighten the cinch.
- Coby's great uncle tightened the cinch and put a boot in the little mare's saddle stirrup.
- Adam swung his saddle onto Sport's back and bent to tighten the cinch.
verbsin(t)SHsɪn(t)ʃ [with object]North American 1Secure (a garment) with a belt. Example sentencesExamples - Aching from head to toe, Clara pulled the thick, heavy robe around her waist and cinched the belt tighter.
- Along with the fedora, he also wore a robe, cinched closed by a belt.
- Don't you just love this long cinched white jacket?
- She grabbed a belt from the dresser, cinching it tight to keep the jeans up.
- The crew in the back of the aircraft was cinching down their safety belts and shoulder harnesses.
- Too-large dress shirts can be cinched with a belt to accentuate your figure.
- Instead, you pull your jeans up high and cinch them with a belt.
- A finely-crafted leather belt was cinched loosely around her waist.
- I was a bit of a rockabilly in those days, and I used to wear circle skirts with tight polo-necked tops and a very, very cinched waist.
- She stood there cinching her robe until Lester came out of the kitchen.
- Always wear a sturdy weightlifting belt cinched tightly when doing heavy deadlifts.
- He pulled the white gloves from the leather belt that cinched his tunic at his waist and tugged them over his hands.
- But any sensible reptile at Cable Beach wouldn't dare mess with David when they see the crocodile skin belt cinching his trousers!
- She poked a few more holes in the belt and then cinched it around her waist.
- The wasp waist, achieved with the help of a corset and a tightly cinched belt, became popular at the end of the nineteenth century.
- I've cinched my belts inward relentlessly, drilling new holes as the slimming down process did its job.
- She rolled out of bed and had just cinched the belt on her bathrobe when she heard tapping on her window.
- It was tucked into his jeans under a black belt cinched tight around his slim waist.
- I ran a trembling hand through my wet hair, then cinched my white robe tighter around my waist.
- Clothing droops and drifts on his small body; faded denim pants slip despite cinching with a braided belt.
- 1.1 Fix (a saddle) securely by means of a girth; girth up (a horse).
Example sentencesExamples - He instructed me on how to correctly place the saddle and cinch it up.
- As soon as I come out of the show ring I have to immediately cinch up the saddle.
- Joshua cinched the girth on his horse's saddle, pulling it tight and swinging upon the animal's broad back with ease.
- The saddle had been girthed and cinched tight to him.
- He was throwing the saddle over the back of the big black horse and was cinching it down as I peppered him with questions.
- She cinched it up pretty tight and went to get the bridle.
- He gave her one look before he finished cinching the saddle.
- The stable man worked quickly, putting a velvet saddle blanket on, then the saddle, which he cinched securely.
- After cinching the saddle tightly around the donkey's belly, she adjusted the balance of the baskets.
2informal Make certain of. his advice cinched her decision to accept the offer Example sentencesExamples - Each time she came so close, but just couldn't cinch it.
- Okay Mark, that cinches it: You have no taste in music.
- If you need further convincing, perhaps this will cinch the deal.
- Susie's domination here, however, cinched her first-place victory and secured her a place in fitness history as the only three-time winner.
- But the decision was cinched by an email from my 10-year-old niece.
- I guess it was being born on a Friday that cinched it for me.
- The night I came home to find my CD player broken and all my wine drunk cinched it.
- That cinched it: I knew I was going to college because I couldn't exactly give up a scholarship, right?
- I took her hands and we did a walkaround, and she smiled back at me and the deal was cinched.
- This quote is what cinches my position.
Origin Mid 19th century (in cinch (sense 2 of the noun)): from Spanish cincha ‘girth’. |