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   cinch

   /sɪn(t)ʃ/

   noun

   • 1. an extremely easy task: informal "the program was a cinch to use" Similar easyuncomplicatednot difficultundemandingunexactingunchallengingeffortlesspainlesstrouble-freefacilesimplestraightforwardelementaryidiot-proofplain sailinga walkovera giftnothinginformal:easy-peasyeasy as pieas easy as falling off a logas easy as ABCa piece of cakea cakewalkchild's playkids' stuffno sweata picnica doddlea dossa breezea pushovera sittera five-finger exercisea walk in the parkmoney for old ropemoney for jamduck soupa snapeasy-breezyinformal:a bludgea snacka piece of old tacklevulgar slang:a piece of pissdated:a snipOpposite challenge
   • ▪ a sure thing; a certainty: North American "he was a cinch to take a prize" Similar certaintysure thinginformal:certdead cert
   • 2. a girth for a Western saddle or pack of a type used mainly in Mexico and the western US: North American "they watered the horses and loosed the cinches"

   verb

   • 1. secure (a garment) with a belt: "my cut-offs are cinched by a belt"
   • ▪ fix (a saddle) securely by means of a girth: "when I caught up with him he was cinching up the saddle on Rose"
   • 2. make certain of: informal "his advice cinched her decision to accept the offer"

   Word Origin mid 19th century (in cinch (sense 2 of the noun)): from Spanish cincha ‘girth’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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