cinch

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, from , or from , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1) A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.
 * 2)  Something that is very easy to do.
 * 3)  Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
 * 4)  A firm hold.
 * 1)  Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.
 * 2)  A firm hold.
 * 1)  A firm hold.
 * 1)  A firm hold.

Synonyms

 * ,, See also Thesaurus:easy thing
 * See Thesaurus:sure thing

Translations

 * Bulgarian: подпруга
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: cenlla, cincha
 * German:
 * Kazakh: тартпа
 * Maori: kati
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 有把握的事
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, peuleschil, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: лёгкое де́ло, ве́рное де́ло
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: легка справа


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * Russian: ,

Verb

 * 1) To bring to certain conclusion.
 * 2) To tighten down.

Quotations

 * 1911, "I intend to cinch that government business." &mdash; Margaret Burnham, The Girl Aviators' Sky Cruise

Translations

 * Bulgarian:


 * German: ,


 * Spanish: ,

Etymology 2
Compare senses at etymology 1 (a girth, a tight grip), perhaps suggesting the tactics used in the game; or perhaps from, the five spots of the colour of the trump being important cards.

Noun

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

Etymology 3
Uncertain; perhaps from Cinch Connectors, a Chicago-based company producing connectors.

Noun

 * 1)  An RCA connector.

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) five

Noun

 * 1) five

Etymology
From Old Lombard, from.

Numeral

 * 1) Spelling alternative of ,.