HOOVER

Hoover

(noun) a kind of vacuum cleaner

Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover

(noun) 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover

(noun) United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover

(noun) United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover

(verb) clean with a vacuum cleaner; “vacuum the carpets”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hoover (plural hoovers)

(chiefly, Britain) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

Verb

hoover (third-person singular simple present hoovers, present participle hoovering, simple past and past participle hoovered)

(transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

(intransitive, British) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

(transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

Synonyms

• (transitive sense): to vacuum

Etymology

Proper noun

Hoover

An American surname (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).

Noun

Hoover (plural Hoovers)

A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand, or irrespective of brand (alternative form of hoover).

Source: Wiktionary



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