hoover

== English == === Alternative forms === Hoover === Etymology === A genericized trademark of Hoover, the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners, which was sold by The Hoover Company. The American company was founded by William Henry Hoover (1849–1932) and his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr. (1877–1954). The surname Hoover is an Anglicized version of the German Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhuvɚ/ Rhymes: -uːvə(ɹ) Hyphenation: hoo‧ver === Noun === hoover (plural hoovers) (chiefly UK, Ireland) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === hoover (third-person singular simple present hoovers, present participle hoovering, simple past and past participle hoovered) (ambitransitive, British, Ireland) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brand. Synonym: vacuum 2006, Stella Rimington, Secret Asset, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-180024-6; republished New York, N.Y.: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4000-7982-7, page 210: In the freshly hoovered living room of her house in Wokingham, Thelma Dawnton was distinctly miffed. (intransitive, British, Ireland) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “hoover”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. === Further reading === The Hoover Company on Wikipedia.Wikipedia