n a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)
she was clearly the gainer in that exchange
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
India, by contrast, is still the big gainer in the war.
Nawaz Sharif, the head of the Pakistan Muslim League, which was the second largest vote gainer, was deposed by Musharraf in 1999, and forced into exile.
In industrial value, at least, Poland was the gainer; what Russia had taken from her was largely agricultural.
Local Sports Cody Gainer tossed a complete-game five-hitter as Elkins Post 29 earned a win over Bellefonte (Pa.) in Pizza Hut Hillbilly Hardball action Friday night at Robin Harvey Memorial Field.
June 15, 2013 - The Inter-Mountain
David Smith David Smith, 80, of Macksburg, Ohio, died Thursday (June 13, 2013) at Marietta Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 27, 1932, in Grantsville, W.Va, son of the late Hill and Clair Gainer Smith.
June 15, 2013 - The Marietta Times
Roy Williams in Dallas Morning News I was expecting a Nolan Ryan fastball and I got a Mark Buehrle change-up,Williams said. "It would've been a big gainer."