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Noun: gainer  gey-nu(r)
  1. A person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)
    "she was clearly the gainer in that exchange"
     
  2. A person who gains weight
    "The weight gainer followed a high-calorie diet to build muscle mass";
    - weight gainer
     
  3. 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
    "The experienced diver executed a flawless full gainer";
    - full gainer

Derived forms: gainers

Type of: actor, dive, doer, worker

Encyclopedia: Gainer, George