flex
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
Etymology: From Latin flexus, past participle of flecto (“to bend”).
Inflected forms:
form: flexes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: flexes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: flexing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: flexed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: flexed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Flexibility, pliancy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: An act of flexing.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The hills become more rounded. The slopes are either the stooped shoulders of an aging colossus or the muscular flexes of a geologic youngster, but they are pleasant, comforting. This landscape is what most would think of […]
gloss: Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
UK
uncountable
gloss: A flexible insulated electrical cord.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: The books lent her by Dr Grimble on period furniture and ceramics interested her deeply, and she studied them at night in the silence of the shop, where she had a flex and a reading lamp installed at her own expense.
gloss: Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Flex is quick and cheaper to install than metallic systems, but it yields higher pressure loss than other types of ducts and requires runs of less than 15 feet, minimal turns and elimination of kinks.
gloss: A point of inflection.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: An act or instance of flaunting something; a boast or brag; something considered impressive.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
examples: Getting together with other power players at Masa is the ultimate flex of conspicuous consumption. […] A party of five or more requires a deposit of $200 per person at least one week prior to the reservation.
It's an achievement to stand out from other Marvel movies in terms of special effects, but this whole movie feels like a flex for those computer wizards.
gloss: To bend something.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The board flexes as you step on it.
gloss: To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To move part of the body using one's muscles.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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?"
gloss: To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks
gloss: To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
examples: I shook my head, wondering if I was gonna have to knock Pimp on his ass. "I don't know where," I flexed on him with my height advantage, "you getting all this 'soft' bullshit from, dawg, but you just keep fuckin around. I can show you gangsta better than I can tell you."
They say it's lonely at the top, but this the best shit ever / Hey, don't you see me out here shinin'? Bitch I'm barely flexin'
Related words: flex account
flex-cuff
flex-fuel
flex job
flexibility
flexible
flexing
flexion
Derived words: anteroflex
dorsiflex
downflex
flexagon
flexer
flexious
flex off
flexography
flex on
flex one's muscles
flex out
flexplate
flextension
flex up
flexwing
flexy
hyperflex
plantarflex
semiflex
unflex
Translations:
lang: Danish
word: bøje
lang: Dutch
word: samentrekken
lang: Finnish
word: jännittää lihaksiaan
lang: Finnish
word: pullistella
lang: French
word: bander
lang: German
word: Muskeln f spielen lassen
lang: Italian
word: contrarre
lang: Māori
word: whakawhena
lang: Polish
word: napinać
lang: Polish
word: prężyć
lang: Portuguese
word: tensionar
lang: Romanian
word: contracta
lang: Russian
word: напряга́ть
roman: naprjagátʹ
lang: Russian
word: фле́ксить
roman: fléksitʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: napeti
lang: Slovak
word: napnúť
lang: Spanish
word: tensar