full gainer

American

noun

Diving.

a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward somersault, entering the water feet first and facing away from the springboard.

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full gainer

And I said, I was just gonna do a flip or a full gainer off here, they said dad, the Secret Service doesn’t want you up there, dad!

From Time ● Jan. 12, 2017

And then there’s your skin tone: My heart does a full gainer!

From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2015

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