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FULL GAINER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does full gainer mean? 

FULL GAINER (noun)
  The noun FULL GAINER has 1 sense:

1. 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 boardplay

  Familiarity information: FULL GAINER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FULL GAINER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

full gainer; gainer

Hypernyms ("full gainer" is a kind of...):

dive; diving (a headlong plunge into water)


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