Flex Definition
flex
English
Pronunciation
Noun
flex (countable and uncountable; plural flexes)
- (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- (countable) The act of flexing.
- (uncountable, chiefly UK) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
Verb
flex (third-person singular simple present flexes, present participle flexing, simple past and past participle flexed)
- To bend something.
- To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- (bodybuilding) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
- 1994, Elise Title, Body Heat, page 189
- He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?"
Translations
to bend something
to repeatedly bend one's joints
to move part of the body using one's muscles
- Dutch: plooien (nl)
- Finnish: verrytellä
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to tighten one's muscles
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- Polish: napinać, prężyć
- Romanian: a contracta
- Russian: напрягать (ru)
- Slovak: napnúť
- Spanish: tensar (es)
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