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Word entry · 4 letters

flex

Best crossword clue

"Bend or show muscle"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /flɛks/Part of speech noun, verbSorted eflxStarts with FEnds with X1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of flexing

Word origin

From Latin flexus, past participle of flecto (“to bend”).

Used in a sentence

  • The books lent her by Dr Grimble on period furniture and ceramics interested her deeply, and she studied them at night in the silence of the shop, where she had a flex and a reading lamp installed at her own expense.
  • Flex is quick and cheaper to install than metallic systems, but it yields higher pressure loss than other types of ducts and requires runs of less than 15 feet, minimal turns and elimination of kinks.
  • Getting together with other power players at Masa is the ultimate flex of conspicuous consumption. […] A party of five or more requires a deposit of $200 per person at least one week prior to the reservation.

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