Search Result:hoover
KK Pronunciation
〔 `huvL 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˋhu:vә 〕
Overview of noun hoover
The noun hoover has 4 senses
- Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover -- (United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932))
- Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover -- (United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972))
- Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark 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))
- Hoover -- (a kind of vacuum cleaner)
Overview of verb hoover
The verb hoover has 1 sense
- vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover -- (clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets")