flex
IPA: fɫˈɛks
noun
- (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
- (countable) An act of flexing.
- (uncountable, chiefly Britain) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
- (uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
- (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
- (countable, slang) The act or an instance of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.
verb
- (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
- (transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
- (transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
- (intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
- (intransitive, slang, by extension) To flaunt one's superiority.
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Examples of "flex" in Sentences
- Filmmakers flex options.
- This exercise helps to flex the hip.
- How do the boots flex at the ankles
- The students flex their creative muscle.
- Brachioradialis flexes the forearm at the elbow.
- The brevis acts to plantar flex the middle phalanges.
- Helps to flex the hip and extend the femoropatellar joint.
- In the absence of a suitable stimulus, they are pliant and easily flexed.
- David Hasselhoff and Ronnie Wood flex their muscles as they holiday on Necker Island.
- Some in India believe that the Pakistan army is flexing its muscles with India thanks to a renewed sense of indispensability in brokering peace.
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