WordNet
full gainer
n. 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 [syn: gainer]
Usage examples of "full gainer".
In regular bounds the white haired girl vaulted and spun against the sky: back triple somersault, front triple somersault, half gainer, recovery, full gainer, recovery, jack-knife opening backwards in a reverse swan, triple back, then triple front again.
Then a straight candle through a quadruple back into a full gainer, closing with a double forward before she hit the elastic for the last time.
For all the world, it had to look like I was leaping into a full gainer over the driveway.