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cinch

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Noun cinch has 3 senses
  1. cinch, breeze, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake - any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
    --1 is a kind of undertaking, project, task, labor
    --1 has particulars: doddle
    Derived form: verb cinch3
  2. cinch, girth - stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
    --2 is a kind of stable gear, saddlery, tack
    --2 is a part of harness
    Derived form: verb cinch1
  3. cinch - a form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps
    --3 is a kind of
    all fours, high-low-jack
Verb cinch has 3 senses
  1. cinch, girth - tie a cinch around; "cinch horses"
    --1 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
    Derived form: noun cinch2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. cinch - make sure of
    --2 is one way to
    see, check, insure, see to it, ensure, control, ascertain, assure
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. cinch - get a grip on; get mastery of
    --3 is one way to
    master, control
    Derived form: noun cinch1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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