cinch

noun · verbA2

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noun

Plural noun:

cinches

1.
A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
2.
(informal)Something that is very easy to do.
3.
(informal)Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
4.
(informal)A firm hold.
5.
(card games) 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.
6.
(Europe)(chiefly Europe, technology) An RCA connector.

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verb

V_es/s

cinches

V_ing/Gerund

cinching

V_ed/pp

cinched

1.
To bring to certain conclusion.
2.
To tighten down.
3.
(card games) In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

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Borrowed from cencha, from Latin cincta, or from Spanish cincha (a belt or girth), from cingula, from Latin cingulum. cingle.