hoover
To clean with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brandTo clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brand.
» Tom asked me to hoover the room.
Том попросив мене пропилососити кімнату.
Meaning
3 senses(Ireland, UK, ambitransitive)To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brand.
I need to hoover this room.
clean with a vacuum cleaner
(Ireland, UK, intransitive)To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
I'd hoover, iron or dust, but I hated doing windows.
(transitive)To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.
Examples
27 sentencesTom asked me to hoover the room.
Том попросив мене пропилососити кімнату. — deniko
Tom bought a new hoover.
Том купив новий пилосос. — deniko
Have you hoovered under the beds?
deHast du unter den Betten gestaubsaugt? — maaster
Which hoover is the best, then?
deWelcher ist denn der beste Staubsauger? — brauchinet
They should have bought a new hoover.
Origin
A genericized trademark of Hoover, the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners, whiA 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.
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Forms
hoovers, hoovering, hoovered, hooveredSynonyms
2 synonyms- clean with a vacuum cleaner:vacuumvacuum-clean
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle