Meaning of flex in English

something you have done or something you own that you are very proud or happy about, or an action or statement that shows this, usually when this annoys people:

He posted a photo of himself wearing an expensive watch, which is the kind of flex that doesn't impress me at all.

We've all heard those crazy flexes that just make you cringe.

The crop top she wore to meet her ex was a total flex.

"I'm not into reading, I've never even read a book!" "Weird flex, but OK (= I don't think that is something you should be proud of)."

My biggest flex is having true friends.

Synonym

boast disapproving

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(Definition of flex from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

flex | American Dictionary

flex

verb [ T ]

/fleks/

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to bend a part of the body, esp. an arm or leg, or to tighten a muscle:

Keep your knees flexed at all times.

Idiom

flex your muscle

(Definition of flex from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

flex | Business English

flex

adjective [ before noun ]

WORKPLACE, HR

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abbreviation for flexible: used to describe arrangements that allow you to choose the hours that you work, whether you work in the office or at home, etc.:

Before a flex arrangement can be implemented, both supervisor and employee must fully understand the arrangement.

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flex

verb [ I or T ]

WORKPLACE, HR

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to work in a way that allows you to choose the times that you work, whether you work in the office or at home, etc.:

I wanted to develop my network at the firm before flexing.

With the help of my company, I was able to flex my hours.

(Definition of flex from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of flex

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A new urban bourgeoisie was growing, demanding change, and flexing its muscles.

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This allows the proximal phalanx to flex separately to the other two, wrapping the fingers more around a target object.

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The change in strike could be wholly or partly due to flexing of the eastern domain boundary about the antiform axis.

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As a result, optimized policy in a flex-prices nominal-debt structure entails sizable inflation volatility, but only small movements of the tax rate.

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But from the point of view of the mathematician, sort of flexing his mathematical muscles, one would not be so excited.

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Furthermore, so-called flex-flex pairs do not have to be considered in this case, in contrast to general higher-order unification.

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During swing, as the joint flexes, more differences are seen.

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Attacks of brief vertigo, nausea and imbalance provoked by turning over in bed, lying down, sitting up from lying position, extending or flexing the neck.

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Two arms are indicated on the frontal side of the sculpture, first running parallel to the torso, then flexing slightly inward.

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Since the tendons get stiffer as they are stretched, they allow finger joints to flex or extend within a limited range.

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Pressure in the antecubital fossa will flex the forearm so that it can be grasped and delivered over the chest.

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Apparently, federalism is a concept in flex, and presents itself in various forms of political arrangement.

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Once the elbow is flexed, the operator continues to guide the hand around the elbow to grasp the forearm and wrist as described above.

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The paper here shows that similar predictions (effect of flex vs. sticky prices) hold when policy is described by simple optimized rules.

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Their arms are placed in the following position: forearms neutral, 2 elbows flexed to about radians and shoulders slightly abducted and flexed.

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