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

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floor exercise

Ward sat seventh after the floor exercise, but streaked into the lead after a splendid performance on the pommel - routinely his strongest event.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Chiles was awarded floor exercise bronze in Paris after a score revision over degree of difficulty elevated her onto the podium at the expense of Romania's Ana Maria Barbosu.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

During the previous competition against Nebraska on Jan. 17, when the Bruins came out with a win, Barros’ only action came with exhibition performances on the uneven bars and floor exercise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026

Her rudimentary classroom is so packed that many children are sitting on the tiled floor, exercise books on their laps.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

Both coaches were completely expressionless as they watched me do my routines—vault, bars, beam, and floor exercise, in the Olympic order—but afterward, Martha came over and held my face in both hands.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles