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hoover
CIDE DICTIONARY
hoover, n. [a trademark.].
a kind of vacuum cleaner. [WordNet 1.5]
hoover, v. t.
to clean with a vacuum cleaner. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hoover, n. & v.
--n. propr. a vacuum cleaner (properly one made by the Hoover company).
--v. (hoover)
1 tr. (also absol.) clean (a carpet etc.) with a vacuum cleaner.
2 (foll. by up) a tr. suck up with or as with a vacuum cleaner (hoovered up the crumbs). b absol. clean a room etc. with a vacuum cleaner (decided to hoover up before they arrived).
--n. propr. a vacuum cleaner (properly one made by the Hoover company).
--v. (hoover)
1 tr. (also absol.) clean (a carpet etc.) with a vacuum cleaner.
2 (foll. by up) a tr. suck up with or as with a vacuum cleaner (hoovered up the crumbs). b absol. clean a room etc. with a vacuum cleaner (decided to hoover up before they arrived).
Etymology
W. H. Hoover, Amer. manufacturer d. 1932
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