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.
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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
Word Usage
"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."