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
hoover (plural hoovers)
(chiefly, Britain) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
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.
• (transitive sense): to vacuum
Hoover
An American surname (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
Hoover (plural Hoovers)
A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand, or irrespective of brand (alternative form of hoover).
Source: Wiktionary
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
