floor exercise

noun

: an event in gymnastics competition consisting of various ballet and tumbling movements (such as jumps, somersaults, and handstands) performed without apparatus

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Brockwell advises doing pelvic floor exercises even before symptoms occur. Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 Melnikova finished fifth on vault, but then went on to clinch gold on balance beam and silver on floor exercise behind Romania’s Sabrina Maneca-Voinea. Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 Phase two of the pelvic floor exercises Luque recommends target the lower back and glutes. 5. Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for floor exercise

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First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of floor exercise was in 1957

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“Floor exercise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floor%20exercise. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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