cinch

Meanings

Plural: cinches

Noun

• any undertaking that is easy to do
• stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
• a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps
• A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
• Something that is very easy to do.
• Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
• A firm hold.
• 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.
• An RCA connector.

Verb

• tie a cinch around
  • "cinch horses"
• make sure of
• get a grip on; get mastery of
• To bring to certain conclusion.
• To tighten down.
• In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

Synonyms

breeze, child's play, double Pedro, duck soup, girth, high five, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, sure thing, walkover