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

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

From Barron's

Chiles was also awarded her first individual Olympic medal, a bronze in the floor exercise, in Paris but it was taken away because of a technicality.

From Los Angeles Times

In exhibition routines, Rosen scored 9.8 or higher in balance beam, uneven bars and floor exercise.

From Los Angeles Times

All while continuing her fight with the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which stripped Chiles of a bronze medal in the floor exercise at the Paris Olympics after CAS ruled that the U.S. coach’s appeal of her score was made four seconds too late.

From Los Angeles Times

The freshman, who has competed on floor exercise, uneven bars and vault in all four meets this season, grew up in Seattle but said competing in Westwood was always her dream.

From Los Angeles Times