flex
verb /fleks/
/fleks/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they flex | /fleks/ /fleks/ |
| he / she / it flexes | /ˈfleksɪz/ /ˈfleksɪz/ |
| past simple flexed | /flekst/ /flekst/ |
| past participle flexed | /flekst/ /flekst/ |
| -ing form flexing | /ˈfleksɪŋ/ /ˈfleksɪŋ/ |
- flex (something) to bend, move or stretch an arm or a leg, or pull a muscle tight, especially in order to prepare for a physical activity
- to flex your fingers/feet/legs
- He stood on the side of the pool flexing his muscles.
Word Originverb early 16th cent.: from Latin flex- ‘bent’, from the verb flectere.
Idioms
flex your muscles
- to show somebody how powerful you are, especially as a warning or threat
