Hoover (singer)
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noun


(1)   A kind of vacuum cleaner
(2)   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)
(3)   United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
(4)   United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

verb


(5)   Clean with a vacuum cleaner
"Vacuum the carpets"
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Etymology


The surname is an anglicization of and Huber. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners.

Proper noun



  1. A brand of vacuum cleaner.
  2. (shared by several famous people including J Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).

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