hoover

Meaning

Noun

A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

Verb

1. (British, Ireland, ambitransitive) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
2. (British, Ireland, intransitive) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
3. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

Synonyms

vacuum

vacuum cleaner

vacuum-clean

download

suck

clean

vacuum sweeper

Translations

Staubsauger

aspirateur

staubsaugen

aspiradora

aspirapolvere

ηλεκτρική σκούπα

stofzuiger

aspirer

aspirador

aspirador

aufräumen

Staub saugen

passar l´aspiradora

مِكْنَسَة كَهْرَبَائِيَّة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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.