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HALF GAINER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does half gainer mean?
• HALF GAINER (noun)
The noun HALF GAINER has 1 sense:
1. a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board
Familiarity information: HALF GAINER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("half gainer" is a kind of...):
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