hoover
pronunciation
How to pronounce hoover in British English:
UK [ˈhuːvə(r)]
How to pronounce hoover in American English:
US [ˈhuːvər]
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- Verb:
- clean with a vacuum cleaner
Word Origin
- Hoover
- proprietary name for a make of vacuum cleaner (patented 1927); sometimes used generally for "vacuum cleaner." As a verb, meaning "to vacuum," from 1926, in the companyâs advertising.
Example
- 1. This administration and congress will be remembered like herbert hoover .
- 2. Is hoover shown wearing a dress ?
- 3. The hoover administration opposed any readjustment .
- 4. Hoover was voted out in the meantime .
- 5. Hoover leaves a bipolar legacy .