Found 2 items, similar to hoover.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Hoover Hoover n 1: United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932) [syn: William Hoover, William Henry Hoover ] 2: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972) [syn: J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover ] 3: 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for re-election by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964) [syn: Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover ] 4: a kind of vacuum cleaner v : clean with a vacuum cleaner; “vacuum the carpets” [syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean]
English → English (gcide) Definition: hoover hoover \hoover\ v. t. to clean with a vacuum cleaner. [slang] Syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean. [WordNet 1.5]