hoover

4 definitions found

hoover - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hoover \Hoover\ n. [a trademark.]
     a kind of vacuum cleaner.
     [WordNet 1.5]

  hoover \hoover\ v. t.
     to clean with a vacuum cleaner. [slang]
  
     Syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean.
          [WordNet 1.5]

hoover - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

hoover - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Hoover, AL (city, FIPS 35896)
    Location: 33.37533 N, 86.81904 W
    Population (1990): 39788 (17038 housing units)
    Area: 61.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 35244