CINCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cinch mean? 

• CINCH (noun)
  The noun CINCH has 3 senses:

1. any undertaking that is easy to do

2. stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place

3. a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps

  Familiarity information: CINCH used as a noun is uncommon.

• CINCH (verb)
  The verb CINCH has 3 senses:

1. tie a cinch around

2. make sure of

3. get a grip on; get mastery of

  Familiarity information: CINCH used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CINCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any undertaking that is easy to do

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

breeze; child's play; cinch; duck soup; picnic; piece of cake; pushover; snap; walkover

Context example:

marketing this product will be no picnic

Hypernyms ("cinch" is a kind of...):

labor; project; task; undertaking (any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cinch"):

doddle (an easy task)

Derivation:

cinch (get a grip on; get mastery of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cinch; girth

Hypernyms ("cinch" is a kind of...):

saddlery; stable gear; tack (gear for a horse)

Holonyms ("cinch" is a part of...):

harness (stable gear consisting of an arrangement of leather straps fitted to a draft animal so that it can be attached to and pull a cart)

Derivation:

cinch (tie a cinch around)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cinch" is a kind of...):

all fours; high-low-jack (card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game)

• CINCH (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they cinch    ... he / she / it cinches   
Past simple: cinched   
Past participle: cinched   
-ing form: cinching   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tie a cinch around

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cinch; girth

Context example:

cinch horses

Hypernyms (to "cinch" is one way to...):

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cinch (stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make sure of

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "cinch" is one way to...):

ascertain; assure; check; control; ensure; insure; see; see to it (be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Get a grip on; get mastery of

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "cinch" is one way to...):

control; master (have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cinch (any undertaking that is easy to do)