Phrase Hound found 16 phrases and 48 compound words that contain flex. The most common are listed below. Open flex in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 16
- flex upTo increase a worker's work hours during on-call availability periods, as opposed to scheduled shifts.
- flex-fuelOf a motor vehicle: having its internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one fuel, usually gasoline blended with either ethanol or methanol fuel.
- flex-timeAlternative form of flexitime: An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work.
- flex one's musclesTo tense and bend one's flexor muscles.
- flex-cuffsplural of flex-cuff: A plastic restraint device, used for quickly and temporarily securing an individual.
- flex accountClipped compound of flexible spending account.
- flex accountsplural of flex account: Clipped compound of flexible spending account.
- flex jobIn Denmark, a form of subsidized employment in the private sector for those with disabilities etc.
- flex jobsplural of flex job: In Denmark, a form of subsidized employment in the private sector for those with disabilities etc.
- flex offA competitive or friendly showdown where competitors voluntarily contract, isolate, and display their muscles to showcase their definition, size, and symmetry.
- flex outTo respond to greater space availability by growing larger kernels (as opposed to growing at a consistent size no matter what, i.e. fixed-ear hybrids).
- flex-cuffA plastic restraint device, used for quickly and temporarily securing an individual.
- flex offsplural of flex off: A competitive or friendly showdown where competitors voluntarily contract, isolate, and display their muscles to showcase their definition, size, and symmetry.
- flex-cuffedsimple past and past participle of flex-cuff
- flex-cuffingpresent participle and gerund of flex-cuff
- weird flex but OKAlternative form of weird flex, but OK.
Compound words 48
- flexibleCapable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.
- flexibilityThe quality of being flexible, whether physically or metaphorically.
- reflexAn automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- flexyImplying or indicating an ability, capacity, or tendency to flex; flexible; bendy.
- flextensionA type of transducer that uses flexible, elastic shells to transmit and amplify displacements.
- downflexTo force downward without breaking.
- plantarflexTo flex the foot or toes toward the sole.
- flexagonA flat model made from folded strips of paper that can be folded, or flexed, to reveal a number of hidden faces.
- FlexerA surname.
- hyperflexibilityThe condition of being hyperflexible.