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Flexed
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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verb (used with object)
1.
to bend, as a part of the body: He flexed his arms to show off his muscles.
2.
to tighten (a muscle) by contraction.
verb (used without object)
3.
to bend.
noun
4.
the act of flexing.
5.
British.
a.
any flexible, insulated electric cord; an electric cord or extension cord.
b.
Slang. an elastic band, as a garter.
6.
Mathematics. an inflection point.
Origin:
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
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
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Word Origin & History
flex
1520s, probably a back formation from flexibility. Related: Flexed; flexing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary
flex (flěks)
v. flexed, flex·ing, flex·es
To bend.
To contract a muscle.
To move a joint so that the parts it connects approach each other.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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