hoover

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈhuvɚ/

Noun

hoover (plural hoovers)

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

Verb

hoover (hoovers, present participle hoovering; past and past participle hoovered)

1. (transitive, Britain) 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.

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

   My husband is upstairs, hoovering.

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

Synonyms

• (transitive sense) to vacuum

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Hoover

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈhuvɚ/

Proper noun

1. Surname (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).

Noun

hoover (plural hoovers)

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

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