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Definition of Hoover
1. Verb. Clean with a vacuum cleaner. "Vacuum the carpets"
2. Noun. United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932).
3. Noun. United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972).
4. 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).
Generic synonyms: Chief Executive, President, President Of The United States, United States President
5. Noun. A kind of vacuum cleaner.
Definition of Hoover
1. Proper noun. A brand of vacuum cleaner. ¹
2. Proper noun. (surname A=An American from=German dot=) (shared by several famous people including w:J Edgar Hoover J Edgar Hoover and w:Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover). ¹
3. Noun. A generic term for a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive British) To clean (a room, etc) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive British) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hoover
1. to clean with a vacuum cleaner [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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