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