Definition of half gainer in US English:
half gainer
nounˌhaf ˈɡānərˌhaf ˈɡānər
A dive in which the diver leaves the diving board facing forward, does a half-somersault backward, and enters the water head first facing the board.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some older divers were practicing, and lo and behold they were doing full gainers, and half gainers and doing them very nicely.
- We did other dives as well-jackknifes and back-flips and half gainers.
- Sure, it would be nice to be able to, say, dunk a basketball or do a half gainer, but how useful are these skills to a distance runner?
- I mastered the swan, the half gainer, full gainer, ‘jack knife,’ and the front one and a half.
- If I wasn't running around playing ‘Guns’ in the apartment complex I would be at the pool doing half gainers or playing marco polo.