Definitions for flex

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Spelling: [fleks]
IPA: /flɛks/

Flex is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 21 anagrams from letters in flex (eflx).

Definitions for flex

noun

  1. the act of flexing.
  2. British. any flexible, insulated electric cord; an electric cord or extension cord. Slang. an elastic band, as a garter.
  3. Mathematics. an inflection point.

adjective

  1. Informal. flexible:

verb (used with object)

  1. to bend, as a part of the body:
  2. to tighten (a muscle) by contraction.

verb (used without object)

  1. to bend.

Origin of flex

1515-25; (adj.) Latin flexus, past participle of flectere to bend, turn; (noun) Latin flexus act of bending, equivalent to flect(ere) + -tus suffix of v. action

Examples for flex

Unlike Bond, constantly thwarting Soviet villains, Burlington never got a chance to flex its muscle.

Her face was perfectly smooth, without a single hint of give or flex.

When it comes to tangible gifts, the sharing economy really starts to flex its holiday disrupting muscle.

Do you find it more difficult to flex your comedy muscle versus your dramatic one?

The Russians flex their 200-men muscles in an enclave in the Pristina airport.

He picked it up and flexed it a bit, as a man might flex a rapier to test its material.

The function of this tendon is to flex the foot at the fetlock.

But Sapan has yet to flex his holography skills with a sitting president.

Companies like Delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.

When he was lying, he could flex the thigh and the legs slowly and feebly.

Word Value for flex
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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