hoover
see also: Hoover
Pronunciation Noun
Hoover
Etymology
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see also: Hoover
Pronunciation Noun
hoover (plural hoovers)
- (chiefly, UK, Ireland) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
hoover (hoovers, present participle hoovering; simple past and past participle hoovered)
- (ambitransitive, Britain, Ireland) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
- I need to hoover this room.
- 2006, Stella Rimington, Secret Asset, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-180024-6; republished New York, N.Y.: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4000-7982-7, page 210:
- In the freshly hoovered living room of her house in Wokingham, Thelma Dawnton was distinctly miffed.
- (intransitive, British, Irish) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
- My husband is upstairs, hoovering.
- (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.
- 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:
- 'You're probably thinking I'm a slob,' said Lister, finishing off a quintuple-thick milkshake and hoovering around the base with the straw.
- (transitive sense) to vacuum
Hoover
Etymology
The surname is an anglicization of German Huber or Low German Hufer, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners (see hoover).
Pronunciation Proper noun- Surname (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
- A number of places in USA:
- A city in Jefferson County, and, incorporated in 1967 and named after William H. Hoover.
- An unincorporated community in Adams, Cass County, named after founder Riley Hoover.
- An unincorporated community in Platte County, Missouri, named after merchant James Hoover.
- An unincorporated community in Garvin County, Oklahoma, named after physician Daniel H. Hoover.
- An unincorporated community in Butte County, South Dakota, named after cattleman John Hoover.
- Russian: Гу́вер
hoover (plural hoovers)
- A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand, or irrespective of brand (Alternative form of hoover).
hoover (hoovers, present participle hoovering; simple past and past participle hoovered)
- Alternative case form of hoover.
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