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DictionarycinchEasy task
noun

cinch

SINCH/sɪntʃ/

Something very easy to do.

This simple puzzle is a cinch to finish.

A relaxed adult effortlessly places the final large piece into a very simple three-piece puzzle.
Etymology
cinchSpanishgirdle, saddle girth

A saddle girth secures the saddle firmly. From this physical fastening, cinch developed the sense of a firm or sure hold, then something so assured that it was easy.

In context

Echo-SHORT139:49
Divorce will be a cinch.
Humiliated son-in-law awakens system—divorce and get $50B reward;but reborn wife fall for him!

More examples

  • The final question was a cinch.
  • She made the complicated repair look like a cinch.
  • Finding the station proved to be a cinch.

Forms

cinch · cinches

Similar words

breeze
Another informal term for an easy task.
snap
Snap is another informal term for something very easy.