dare vs flex

dare

noun
  • The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness. 

  • A challenge to prove courage. 

  • In the game truth or dare, the choice to perform a dare set by the other players. 

  • A small fish, the dace 

  • Defiance; challenge. 

verb
  • To terrify; to daunt. 

  • To have enough courage (to do something). 

  • To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to 

  • To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. 

  • To defy or challenge (someone to do something) 

flex

noun
  • The act of flaunting something; something one considers impressive. 

  • Any flexible insulated electrical wiring. 

  • Flexible ductwork, typically flexible plastic over a metal wire coil to shape a tube. 

  • An act of flexing. 

  • A point of inflection. 

  • Flexibility, pliancy. 

verb
  • To bend something. 

  • To move part of the body using one's muscles. 

  • To repeatedly bend one of one's joints. 

  • To flaunt one's superiority. 

  • To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength. 

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