flex
34
5.3
- noun
- /flɛks/
:
flexión
- And I think that's the real flex that you get when you build that muscle.
And I think that's the real flex that you get when you build that muscle.
- And I think that's the real flex that you get when you build that muscle.
Examples
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As she spoke, she watched the muscles in his forearm flex when he shifted gears.
Fiction book (1992) -
During the competition, the athlete's flex impressed the judges and the crowd.
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He showed off a powerful flex of his biceps after lifting the heavy weights.
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With a quick flex of her arms, she demonstrated her strength to the spectators.
Synonyms
3
7.7
The bending of a joint or the position when it is bent
3
3.4
A muscle that becomes shorter or tighter and causes movement and tension
1
3.5
A short tightening of a muscle that makes it shorten or stiffen
A bending of a joint such as the knee
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A farm tool with spring teeth on a flexible frame that removes weeds from fields
How Tense
70
3.2
21
3.2
34
5.3
- Specialized
80
4.4
- Specialized
8
3.4
- Specialized
2
3.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flex (the act) comes from the same root flectere 'to bend' and the verb meaning to tighten a muscle to show strength. So a flex is a short act of bending or tensing a muscle, often done to show strength or to show off.