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Gainer

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Noun

1. gainer, weight gainer

a person who gains weight

2. gainer

a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)

Example Sentences:
'she was clearly the gainer in that exchange'

3. full gainer, gainer

a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gainer

see synonyms of gainer
noun
1. 
a person or thing that gains
2. Also called: full gainer
a type of dive in which the diver leaves the board facing forward and completes a full backward somersault to enter the water feet first with the back to the diving board
Compare half gainer

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Gainer

see synonyms of gainer
noun
1. 
a person or thing that gains
2. 
a fancy dive in which the diver faces forward and does a backward somersault in the air

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gainer

see synonyms of gainer
n.
1. One that gains: a gainer of weight.
2. Sports A dive in which the diver leaves the board facing forward, does a back somersault, and enters the water feet first.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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