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Cinch Very Common

Cinch has 10 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

any undertaking that is easy to do

"marketing this product will be no picnic"

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

4

A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.

5

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.

Verb
1

tie a cinch around

"cinch horses"

2

make sure of

3

get a grip on; get mastery of

4

To bring to certain conclusion.

5

In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
undertaking stable gear all fours fasten see master
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
doddle
Rhyming Words
inch unch conch bench lynch sinch lunch minch rench winch tench runch kench hunch hench sench hinch punch dench synch
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