1. [informal] Any undertaking that is easy to do
   "The exam was a cinch for the well-prepared student";
   - breeze [informal], picnic [informal], snap [informal], duck soup [N. Amer, informal], child's play [informal], pushover [informal], walkover, piece of cake [informal], doss [Brit, informal], cream puff [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
   "He tightened the cinch to ensure the saddle wouldn't slip";
   - girth
    
3. A form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps
   "The old-timers gathered at the local pub for their weekly game of cinch"

1. Make sure of
   "We need to cinch the deal before our competitors make an offer"
    
2. Get a grip on; get mastery of
   "She cinched the difficult concept after hours of study"
    
3. Tie a cinch around
   "cinch horses";
   - girth

Derived forms: cinched, cinching, cinches

Type of: all fours, ascertain, check, control, ensure, fasten, fix, high-low-jack, insure, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn], make certain, make sure, master, project, saddlery, secure, see, stable gear, tack, task, undertaking

Part of: harness

Encyclopedia: Cinch