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name
An American surname from German (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Jefferson County and Shelby County, Alabama, incorporated in 1967 and named after William H. Hoover.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Adams Township, Cass County, Indiana, named after founder Riley Hoover.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Platte County, Missouri, named after merchant James Hoover.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Garvin County, Oklahoma, named after physician Daniel H. Hoover.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Butte County, South Dakota, named after cattleman John Hoover.
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noun
A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand.
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of hoover (irrespective of the brand).
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Usage: alt-of
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noun
A member of the Hoovers.
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noun
A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK
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verb
Alternative letter-case form of hoover.
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Usage: alt-of
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verb
To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, ambitransitive
Synonyms: vacuum
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verb
To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, intransitive
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verb
To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
a kind of vacuum cleaner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: vacuum, vacuum cleaner
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover
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Broader terms: President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive
noun
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover
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Broader terms: lawyer, attorney
noun
United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: William Hoover, William Henry Hoover
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Broader terms: industrialist
verb
clean with a vacuum cleaner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vacuum, vacuum-clean
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Broader terms: clean, make clean
History
The surname is an anglicization of German Huber or Low German Hufer, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners (see hoover).
A genericized trademark of Hoover, the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners, which was sold by The Hoover Company. The American company was founded by William Henry Hoover (1849–1932) and his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr. (1877–1954). The surname Hoover is an Anglicized version of the German Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer.
Across languages
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