EGAVE

cinch

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
  2. noun Something that is very easy to do.
  3. noun Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
  4. noun A firm hold.
  5. verb To bring to certain conclusion.
  6. verb To tighten down.
  7. noun 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.
  8. verb In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

Similar words

girth picnic snap walkover duck soup piece of cake pushover cobbler strap belt

Often followed by

to the for that on and it up strap

Word family

cinched cinches cinching

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