flexingn.
/ˈflɛksɪŋ/ The action of flex v. Also transferred.
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porrection1649
abduction1657
cringing1728
antagonism1744
peristalsis1847
musculation1853
fibrillation1882
jerk1895
protraction1899
flexing1902
stretch reflex1916
fasciculation1938
sliding filament1957
1902 Westm. Gaz. 9 May 10/1 Those earth movements which have resulted in the flexing and fracturing of strata.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. July 71/1 Never a tremor of wing except just the flexing and twisting of the tips for balance.
1968 Listener 6 June 752/3 His critical flexings are limited to some he-man anecdotes and a lengthy interview.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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- to lay stress upon
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