hoover up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === hoover up (third-person singular simple present hoovers up, present participle hoovering up, simple past and past participle hoovered up) (transitive, colloquial) To suck (something) into a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (intransitive, colloquial) To do the vacuuming. (transitive, colloquial, idiomatic) To consume (food or drink) quickly, especially by taking it into the mouth directly from the plate rather than using cutlery. (transitive, colloquial, figuratively) To avidly absorb something as if by a vacuum cleaner. ==== Usage notes ==== see Hoover === See also ===