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flex

/flɛks/

noun

Meaning

  • Flexibility, pliancy.

  • The or an act of flexing.

  • Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.

  • A point of inflection.

  • The act of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.

    "2020, Daniel Varghese, "Aesop's Hand Sanitizer Is a Flex for an Anxious Time", GQ, 6 March 2020"

verb

Meaning

  • To bend something.

  • To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.

  • To move part of the body using one's muscles.

  • To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.

  • (by extension) To flaunt one's superiority.