i Register
In some senses, flex is marked as slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
flex
/flɛks/
noun 5verb 5
Collocations
6(noun.)
ADJ
long
trailing
The trailing flex behind the TV made it difficult to vacuum the living room safely.
electric/electical | kettle, telephone, etc.
QUANT
length
VERB + FLEX
cut
I need to trim the electrical flex before installing the new lamp in the kitchen.
Definitions
noun
1
Flexibility, pliancy.
2
An act of flexing.
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 […]
3
Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
4
A flexible insulated electrical cord.
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.
5
Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube.
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.
verb
1
To bend something.
The board flexes as you step on it.
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.
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?"
5
To boast or brag about; to flaunt (something).
I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
601
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 wha
Wiktionary02
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
Wiktionary03
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.
Wiktionary04
The board flexes as you step on it.
Wiktionary05
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 t
Wiktionary06
I've got billions and billions of rhymes to flex / 'Cause I've got more rhymes than Carl Sagan's got turtlenecks
WiktionaryUsage Notes
Your note
not saved0 chars