Noun
- 1. Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover
- usage: United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
- 2. Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover
- usage: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
- 3. Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover
- usage: 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)
- 4. Hoover, vacuum, vacuum cleaner
- usage: a kind of vacuum cleaner
Verb
- 1. vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover, clean, make clean
- usage: clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets"
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