flex

verb / noun (slang)/fleks/ 🔊 listen

flex literally means “to bend or tense a muscle”; but in Gen Z slang it means to show off, to brag.

📖 Meanings

1to show off, to brag (slang)
"He's always flexing his new car." — (showing off)
2a show-off, a brag (noun)
"That watch is a flex." — (a brag)
3to flex, tense (literal)
"Flex your arm." — (tense)

🔄 Often confused

flex vs brag →flex vs show off →weird flex →

💬 Phrases

flex on someoneweird flex but okhumble brag
❓ What does “He's flexing his new car” mean?