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Flex Definition

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Noun

flex (countable and uncountable; plural flexes)

  1. (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
  2. (countable) The act of flexing.
  3. (uncountable, chiefly UK) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
  4. (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.

Verb

to flex (third-person singular simple present flexes, present participle flexing, simple past and past participle flexed)

  1. To bend something.
  2. To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
  3. To move part of the body using one's muscles.
  4. (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(nl)
  • Finnish: verrytellä
to tighten one's muscles
  • Polish: napinać, prezyć
  • Romanian: a contracta
  • Russian: напрягать ru(ru)
  • Slovak: napnúť
  • Spanish: tensar es(es)

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to the noun or verb flex

 

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