What does FLEX mean?

Definitions for FLEX
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. flexverb

    the act of flexing

    "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"

  2. flexverb

    contract

    "flex a muscle"

  3. flexverb

    exhibit the strength of

    "The victorious army flexes its invincibility"

  4. bend, flexverb

    form a curve

    "The stick does not bend"

  5. flex, bendverb

    bend a joint

    "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"

  6. flex, bend, deform, twist, turnverb

    cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

    "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

Wiktionary

  1. flexnoun

    Flexibility, pliancy.

  2. flexnoun

    The act of flexing.

  3. flexnoun

    Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.

  4. flexnoun

    A point of inflection.

  5. flexverb

    To bend something.

  6. flexverb

    To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.

  7. flexverb

    To move part of the body using one's muscles.

  8. flexverb

    To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.

Wikipedia

  1. Flex

    Flex is the third single from British rapper Dizzee Rascals third studio album Maths + English, and ninth overall. The song reached #23 on the UK Singles Chart, while his previous single placed 1 higher at #22, but topped the UK Indie Singles Chart for 2 weeks, while his previous single topped it only for a week.

ChatGPT

  1. flex

    Flex is typically used as a verb that indicates the action of bending or tensuating a muscle or a part of the body, often for the purpose of demonstrating physical strength or athletic prowess. Flex can also be used metaphorically in various contexts to mean showing off or displaying something with pride, like wealth, talent, skill, power, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Flexverb

    to bend; as, to flex the arm

  2. Flexnoun

    flax

  3. Etymology: [L. flexus, p. p. of flectere to bend, perh. flectere and akin to falx sickle, E. falchion. Cf. Flinch.]

Wikidata

  1. Flex

    Flex is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a former member of the superhero team Alpha Flight, but later got downgraded to Beta Flight

Rap Dictionary

  1. flexverb

    To show one's mettle, flexing one's muscles, showing one's arsenal and readiness to put it to use, letting one's pugilistic prowess be known. To strike someone, or to get up in someones face for intimidation. "I use my nine when suckas start to flex" -- Ice Cube (Man's best friend).

  2. flexverb

    Scratching, from flexing of the wrist. Rakim used to talk about Eric B being on the flex.

  3. flexverb

    To have sexual intercourse.

  4. flexverb

    In some cases, refers to one's departure. "Imma flex, yo". See also Bounce.

  5. flexverb

    To sell fake crack.

  6. flexverb

    To tell a lie. "Man, quit flexin`" -Flexer - liar

  7. flexverb

    Alright. In Dutch (Hip Hop) slang, when someone asks you: "Alles flex?" it means: "How are you doing?" And when you answer: "Alles flex!" it means: "I'm doing alright" Who the fu** listens to dutch Hip Hop?

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  1. flex

    Song lyrics by flex -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by flex on the Lyrics.com website.

  2. FLEX

    What does FLEX stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FLEX acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Entomology

  1. Flex

    to bend: to curve back.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FLEX

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Flex is ranked #145220 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Flex surname appeared 114 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Flex.

    53.5% or 61 total occurrences were White.
    38.6% or 44 total occurrences were Black.
    7.8% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of FLEX in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of FLEX in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of FLEX in a Sentence

  1. Lori Lightfoot:

    What it gets is they get to try to flex their power, but they do it at the expense of our children, they do it at the expense of our families. We know that when we were fully remote previously, 100,000 of our kids lost contact and would disengage from the system. We saw in the elementary schools the failure rate during remote learning triple from what it was. We saw the trauma and social emotional harm to students across our system.

  2. Unifor National President Jerry Dias:

    We could easily do that again if instead there is a solution for consolidated and flex, i would never walk away from a commitment to product.

  3. Michael Breed:

    Don’t make a lot of bend — just a little knee flex.

  4. Keri Althoff:

    The tipping point seems to be right around 50 %, that's when we really start to see that variant flex its power in the population.

  5. Governor Cuomo:

    This is everybody helping everyone else, one hospital gets overwhelmed, the other hospitals have to flex to help that hospital, and vice-versa.

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Translations for FLEX

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  • ثنيArabic
  • огъвам, гъвкавост, шнур, прегъвамBulgarian
  • Elastizität, Muskeln, lassen, Beweglichkeit, knicken, Biegsamkeit, biegen, Flexibilität, beugen, Anschlusskabel, spielen, AnpassungsfähigkeitGerman
  • καλώδιοGreek
  • tensarSpanish
  • ühendusjuheEstonian
  • venyttely, venytellä, taivuttaa, jousto, verrytellä, pullistelu, pullistella, liitäntäjohto, verryttely, joustavuusFinnish
  • banderFrench
  • teud-dealain, fleisgScottish Gaelic
  • फ्लेक्सHindi
  • piegare, flessibilità, flessione, contrarre, flettereItalian
  • plooien, buigbaarheid, samentrekken, plooibaarheid, buigen, flexibiliteitDutch
  • napinać, prężyćPolish
  • flexibilidadePortuguese
  • a contractaRomanian
  • изгибать, гнуть, напрягать, гибкостьRussian
  • napetiSerbo-Croatian
  • napnúťSlovak
  • esneklikTurkish
  • 柔性Chinese

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