flex

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Editorial note

So flex your muscles, fellow pirates, and give power to us all!

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Quick take

the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of flex gathered in one view.

noun

the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"

verb

contract; "flex a muscle"

verb

exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for flex.

noun

the act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"

verb

contract; "flex a muscle"

verb

exhibit the strength of; "The victorious army flexes its invincibility"

verb

form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

verb

bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"

verb

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

Example sentences

So flex your muscles, fellow pirates, and give power to us all!

I worked for a company for many years with a great attitude about flexible hours and work from home.

Your result will be both more difficult to maintain and is pretty much guaranteed to be slower than the output of a tool like flex.

This manifests itself many ways, from flex time to giving our engineers time to work on personal growth or open source projects.

If you have the freedom to do so, disassociate with companies who have unreasonable time-off or flex work policies, sooner rather than later.

He's trying to flex his skills and show you what he's capable of, I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that he understands that this is not the single most efficient way to get that information across.

Tools like flex were designed with one goal in mind: performance; it even has a mode that analyzes your set of tokens looking for "mistakes" that would cause backtracking, as it has a really keen interest in getting exactly linear performance.