Associations to the word «Gainer»

Wiktionary

GAINER, noun. One who gains a profit or advantage.
GAINER, noun. One who puts on weight.
GAINER, noun. (sports) (slang) A diving (or gymnastics) maneuver (from a high-dive diving board or high diving platform) involving a simultaneous inversion and rotation.

Dictionary definition

GAINER, noun. A person who gains weight.
GAINER, noun. A person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits); "she was clearly the gainer in that exchange".
GAINER, noun. 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.

Wise words

All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
Ernest Hemingway