Chinch vs. Cinch — What's the Difference?

See bedbug.

An extremely easy task

The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

A girth for a Western saddle or pack of a type used mainly in Mexico and the western US

The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

Secure (a garment) with a belt

A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; - also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.

Make certain of

Bug of temperate regions that infests especially beds and feeds on human blood

A girth for a pack or saddle.

An encircling cord, band, or belt.

A simple saddle girth used in Mexico.

(informal) Something that is very easy to do.

(informal) Something that is obvious or certain to occur; a sure thing.

(informal) A firm hold.

(card games) 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.

To bring to certain conclusion.

To tighten down.

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

A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.

A tight grip.

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 color (called left pedro, and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) each count five on the score. Fifty-one points make a game. Called also double pedro and high five.

To put a cinch upon; to girth tightly.

To get a sure hold upon; to get into a tight place, as for forcing submission.

To perform the action of cinching; to tighten the cinch; - often with up.

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

Any undertaking that is easy to do;

Stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place

A form of all fours in which the players bid for the privilege of naming trumps

Tie a cinch around;

Make sure of

Get a grip on; get mastery of