Definition of "flex"

flex

/flɛks/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural flexes
1. (uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
2. (countable) An act of flexing.
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  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 […]
  2002, Gary Noy, Red Dirt: A Journey of Discovery in the Landscape of Imagination, California's Gold Country, iUniverse, page 144
3. (uncountable, chiefly Britain) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
4. (uncountable) Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
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  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.
  2010, Aaron Lubeck, Green Restorations: Sustainable Building and Historic Homes, page 221
5. (countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
6. (countable, slang) The act or an instance of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.
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  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.
  2017, "Mogul Bites", Black American Moguls, Fall 2017, page 6
  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.
  2019, Seth Sommerfeld, "Worldwide Web", Inlander, 4 July 2019 - 10 July 2019, page 37
  2020 March 6, Daniel Varghese, “Aesop's Hand Sanitizer Is a Flex for an Anxious Time”, in GQ
verb
third-person singular simple present flexes, present participle flexing, simple past and past participle flexed
1. (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) To bend something.
2. (transitive) To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
3. (transitive) To move part of the body using one's muscles.
4. (intransitive) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
  Quotations
  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?"
  1994, Elise Title, Body Heat, page 189
5. (intransitive, slang, by extension) To flaunt one's superiority.
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  I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks
  2004, “Hey Fuck You”, in To the 5 Boroughs, performed by Beastie Boys
  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."
  2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World/Ballantine Books, page 108
  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'
  2017, “Kill Jill”, in Boomiverse, performed by Big Boi ft. Killer Mike and Jeezy

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