floor exercise

American  

noun

Gymnastics.

1. a competition in which each entrant performs a routine of acrobatic tumbling feats and balletic movements without any apparatus on a specifically designated floor space, usually 12 meters (39 feet) square and having a matlike covering.

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Etymology

Origin of floor exercise

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

Following Sumanasekera in the floor exercise was Sullivan, whose performance earned her a 9.900, her second-highest mark in that event.

From Los Angeles Times

Throughout the season, she’s consistently participated on the vault, uneven bars and the floor exercise, averaging above 9.850 in all three of the events.

From Los Angeles Times

That fact hasn’t changed, except now she added success on the uneven bars and the floor exercise.

From Los Angeles Times

Against Nebraska in January, Alipio led the meet in the floor exercise.

From Los Angeles Times

Alipio is averaging a mark above 9.800 on beam, bars and floor exercise.

From Los Angeles Times