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

hoover (plural hoovers)

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

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

1. (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.

2. (intransitive, British, Irish) 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.
   • 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

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).

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

1. Surname (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
2. A number of places in USA:
   1. A city in Jefferson County, and, incorporated in 1967 and named after William H. Hoover.
   2. An unincorporated community in Adams, Cass County, named after founder Riley Hoover.
   3. An unincorporated community in Platte County, Missouri, named after merchant James Hoover.
   4. An unincorporated community in Garvin County, Oklahoma, named after physician Daniel H. Hoover.
   5. An unincorporated community in Butte County, South Dakota, named after cattleman John Hoover.

• Russian: Гу́вер

hoover (plural hoovers)

1. 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)

1. Alternative case form of hoover.