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cinched

/sɪnt͡ʃt/

cinched is the simple past and past participle of cinch.

Meaning of cinch

Verb (1)

cinch (third-person singular simple present cinches, present participle cinching, simple past and past participle cinched)

  1. To bring to certain conclusion.
  2. To tighten down.
    • He let Sandy stand for a minute and then took the saddle off. Several more of these saddlings and unsaddlings followed. Then finally the saddle was cinched. Again Sandy repeated his pattern of calming down after the first unfamiliarity of a new experience had worn off. […] Before long Sandy...1954, Troy Nesbit [pseudonym; Franklin Folsom], “Sacking Out”, in Sand Dune Pony (Wilderness Mysteries; 1), Racine, Wis.: Whitman Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 145

Verb (2)

cinch (third-person singular simple present cinches, present participle cinching, simple past and past participle cinched)

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

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Words that rhyme with cinched

Questions about cinched

What is cinched the simple past and past participle of?
Cinched is the simple past and past participle of cinch.
How do you pronounce cinched?
Cinched is pronounced /sɪnt͡ʃt/.

Words near cinched in the dictionary

  1. cincalok
  2. cincaluk
  3. Cincere
  4. cinch
  5. cinchable
  6. cinched
  7. cincher
  8. cinchers
  9. cinches
  10. cinching
  11. cinchings

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