English Explanatory Dictionary

flex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Flexibility, pliancy.
  2. An act of flexing.
  3. Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
  4. A flexible insulated electrical cord.
  5. Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
  6. A point of inflection.
  7. An act or instance of flaunting something; a boast or brag; something considered impressive.
verb
  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. To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
  5. To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
  6. To flaunt one's superiority; to show off.

Pronunciation

/flɛks/ en-us-flex.ogg

Word forms

flex flexes flexing flexed

Etymology

From Latin flexus, past participle of flecto (“to bend”).

Synonyms

aura farm preen stunt boulevardier cut a wide swath cut it fat cut round exhibitionize figure away flamboast flaunt flex floss fluff one's feathers gallery high-side let one's nuts hang ostent ostentate showboat show away show off strut strut one's stuff swag it out swagger swank three-sheet venditate yaya

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

Danish: bøje Dutch: samentrekken Finnish: jännittää lihaksiaan Finnish: pullistella French: bander German: Muskeln f spielen lassen Italian: contrarre Māori: whakawhena Polish: napinać Polish: prężyć Portuguese: tensionar Romanian: contracta Russian: напряга́ть Russian: фле́ксить Serbo-Croatian: napeti Slovak: napnúť Spanish: tensar
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