Hoover

  1. Proper noun.  A brand of vacuum cleaner.
  2. Proper noun.  (surname, A An) (shared by several famous people including J Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
  3. Noun.  A generic term for a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, British) To clean (a room, etc) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive, British) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

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