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gainer

'geinә3 senses · 68 ms
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noun/ˈɡeɪnə//ˈɡeɪnɚ/
  1. 1

    One who gains a profit or advantage.

    • Let every youth take a leaf out of my book and make it a point to account for everything that comes into and goes out of his pocket, and like me he is sure to be a gainer in the end.
  2. 2

    One who puts on weight.

  3. 3

    A diving or gymnastics maneuver, from a high diving board or platform, involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.slang

    • I tried a full gainer with a twist, the way he did it, but succeeded only in smacking the water with my thighs.
    • Wiener went up so fast it did a gainer.

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