1520s, "to bend," usually of muscles, probably a back-formation from flexible. Related: Flexed; flexing.
flex a muscle
flex your wrists
he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies
fletcherism
fleur-de-lis
fleuret
fleuron
flew
flex
flexibility
flexible
flexion
flexography
flexor
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