FromLatinflexus, past participle offlecto(“to bend”).
flex (countable anduncountable,pluralflexes)
- (uncountable)Flexibility,pliancy.
- (countable) An act offlexing.
2002, Gary Noy,Red Dirt: A Journey of Discovery in the Landscape of Imagination, California's Gold Country, iUniverse,→ISBN, page144:The hills become more rounded. The slopes are either the stooped shoulders of an aging colossus or the muscularflexes of a geologic youngster, but they are pleasant, comforting. This landscape is what most would think of[…]
- (uncountable, chiefly UK, Ireland) Any flexibleinsulatedelectricalwiring.
- (countable) A flexibleinsulatedelectricalcord.
1950,Norman Lindsay,Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page57: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 aflex and a reading lamp installed at her own expense.
- (uncountable) Flexibleductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
2010, Aaron Lubeck,Green Restorations: Sustainable Building and Historic Homes, page221: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.
- (countable, geometry) Apoint of inflection.
- (countable, slang) The act or an instance offlaunting something; something one considersimpressive.
- 2017, "Mogul Bites",Black American Moguls, Fall 2017,page 6:
- Getting together with other power players at Masa is the ultimateflex of conspicuous consumption. […] A party of five or more requires a deposit of $200 per person at least one week prior to the reservation.
- 2019, Seth Sommerfeld, "Worldwide Web",Inlander, 4 July 2019 - 10 July 2019,page 37:
- It's an achievement to stand out from other Marvel movies in terms of special effects, but this whole movie feels like aflex for those computer wizards.
- For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:flex.
insulated electrical wiring
something one considers impressive
flex (third-person singular simple presentflexes,present participleflexing,simple past and past participleflexed)
- (transitive, chiefly physics or biomechanics) Tobend something.
- (transitive) Torepeatedly bend one of one'sjoints.
- (transitive) To move part of thebody using one'smuscles.
- (intransitive) Totighten themuscles for display of size or strength.
1994, Elise Title,Body Heat, page189: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?" Heflexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?"
- (intransitive, slang, by extension) Toflaunt one's superiority.
2004, “Hey Fuck You”, inTo the 5 Boroughs, performed byBeastie Boys:I've got billions and billions of rhymes toflex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks
2006, Noire[pseudonym],Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.:One World,Ballantine Books,→ISBN,page108:I shook my head, wondering if I was gonna have to knock Pimp on his ass. "I don't know where," Iflexed 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."
2017, “Kill Jill”, inBoomiverse, performed byBig Boi ft. Killer Mike and Jeezy: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 barelyflexin'
to repeatedly bend one's joints
to move part of the body using one's muscles
slang: to taunt one's superiority
flex
- Alternative form offlax
flex n
- Alternative form offleax
FromEnglishflex.
flex
- toflaunt, toshow off, in an either positive or negative manner
- Synonyms:khoe khoang,khoe mẽ,phô trương
Flex đến hơi thở cuối cùng.- Toshow off until one's last breath.
