CINCH
What does "CINCH" mean?
Something extremely easy to do; a sure thing.
Meanings
- A task that is very easy to accomplish. With the new tool, exporting the report is a cinch. informal
- A firm strap that holds a saddle on a horse. He tightened the cinch before swinging up into the saddle. technical
- To make something certain or to secure it firmly. A last-minute goal cinched the championship for the home team. informal
Did you know?
- Calling something 'a cinch' borrows from horseback riding: a 'cinch' is the strap that tightens a saddle, so a cinched-up saddle was a sure, secure grip - and the word came to mean any sure thing.
Word origin
From Spanish 'cincha', 'a saddle girth', from Latin 'cingula', 'a belt'; a tight saddle girth gave a secure, sure grip, hence 'a sure thing'.
Remember it
CINCH sounds like 'sin' + 'ch' - tightening the belt one notch (an inch) is a cinch.
A little poem
He swore the climb would be a cinch by noon-
the mountain, listening, only smiled too soon.
couplet
Wordplay
- The cowboy said winning the rodeo was a cinch. Turns out he just meant he'd tightened his saddle.
What it teaches
Call nothing a cinch until the saddle's on and the horse agrees.
Quick facts
What does CINCH mean?
Something extremely easy to do; a sure thing.
Is CINCH a valid word?
Yes — CINCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CINCH?
CINCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does CINCH come from?
From Spanish 'cincha', 'a saddle girth', from Latin 'cingula', 'a belt'; a tight saddle girth gave a secure, sure grip, hence 'a sure thing'.
What can CINCH teach us?
Call nothing a cinch until the saddle's on and the horse agrees.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.