hoover

Definition

• n. United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
• n. United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
• n. 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)
• n. a kind of vacuum cleaner

Word forms

Present participle

hoovering

Past tense

hoovered

Past participle

hoovered

Third person singular

hoovers

Example sentences

1. n.

   I bought a new hoover to help keep my house clean.

2. vi.

   Every Saturday, I hoover the living room to remove all the dust.