Cinch

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /sɪntʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɪntʃ

Origin

From Occitan cencha or Spanish cincha ("a belt or girth"), from Latin cingula.

Full definition of cinch

Noun

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,

Synonyms

• (something that is very easy to do) See also

Verb

1. To bring to certain conclusion.
2. To tighten down.

Derived terms

• cincher