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flex

The correct spelling is flex.

How to pronounce flex

/flɛks/
noun

IPA: /flɛks/

Say it like: Fle-x

The correct spelling is flex. Flexibility, pliancy. For example: "2020, Daniel Varghese, "Aesop's Hand Sanitizer Is a Flex for an Anxious Time", GQ, 6 March 2020"

Usage Examples

“2020, Daniel Varghese, "Aesop's Hand Sanitizer Is a Flex for an Anxious Time", GQ, 6 March 2020”

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Flexibility, pliancy.
  2. 2.The or an act of flexing.
  3. 3.Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
  4. 4.A point of inflection.
  5. 5.The act of flaunting something; something one considers impressive.

verb

  1. 1.To bend something.
  2. 2.To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
  3. 3.To move part of the body using one's muscles.
  4. 4.To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
  5. 5.(by extension) To flaunt one's superiority.

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