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What (who) is hoover - definition
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Hoovers; Hoover (disambiguation); Mr Hoover; Mr. Hoover
hoover
(hoovers, hoovering, hoovered)
1.
A Hoover is a vacuum cleaner. (TRADEMARK) (BRIT)
N-COUNT
2.
If you hoover a room or a carpet, you clean it using a vacuum cleaner. (BRIT)
She hoovered the study and the sitting-room.
VERB: V n
• hoovering
I finished off the hoovering upstairs.
N-UNCOUNT: also the N
hoover
To ingest food or drink unbeliveably fast. Inspired by the vacuum cleaner company.
I filled the dog's bowl and he hoovered it before I could set the bag down.
I filled the dog's bowl and he hoovered it before I could set the bag down.
Hoover
Brit.
¦ noun trademark a vacuum cleaner.
¦ verb (hoover) clean with a vacuum cleaner.
Origin
1920s: named after the American industrialist William H. Hoover.
Examples of use of hoover
1. It was one of Eric‘s tricks most appreciated by Dad." The file includes several other letters from people defending Hoover from McCarthy‘s criticism _ with copies sent to Hoover.
2. It was one of Eric‘s tricks most appreciated by Dad.‘‘ The file includes several other letters from people defending Hoover from McCarthy‘s criticism – with copies sent to Hoover.
3. Edgar Hoover to Sir David Petrie, the head of MI5.
4. But Hoover said the group‘s patrols are unrealistic and ineffective.
5. A spokesman said÷ The Hoover incident nearly bankrupted the company.