transitive verb. to clean with a vacuum cleaner.

noun. A vacuum cleaner (irrespective of brand).

verb. To clean (a room, etc) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

verb. To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

verb. To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

noun. United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

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)

noun. a kind of vacuum cleaner

noun. United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

verb. clean with a vacuum cleaner

"Hoover, whose history dates back to 1907, is one of the country's most iconic brands; the phrase "hoover up" is commonly understood to mean vacuum-cleaning, and also to eat or drink rapidly."