hoover

Noun hoover has 4 senses

• hoover(n = noun.person) william henry hoover, william hoover - United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932);
is a kind of industrialist
Derived form verb hoover₁

• hoover(n = noun.person) j. edgar hoover, john edgar hoover - United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972);
is a kind of attorney, lawyer

• hoover(n = noun.person) herbert clark hoover, herbert hoover, president hoover - 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);
is a kind of chief executive, president, president of the united states, united states president

• hoover(n = noun.artifact) - a kind of vacuum cleaner;
is a kind of vacuum, vacuum cleaner
Derived form verb hoover₁

Verb hoover has 1 sense

• hoover(v = verb.contact) vacuum, vacuum-clean - clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets"
is one way to clean, make clean
Derived forms noun hoover₄, noun hoover₁
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