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hoover

/ˈhuvɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Hoover means: 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).

Synonyms for hoover9

noun, as in 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)

Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover

noun, as in United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

William Hoover, William Henry Hoover

noun, as in United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover

verb, as in clean with a vacuum cleaner

vacuum, vacuum-clean

What does hoover mean?5

noun

1

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)

2

United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

3

United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

4

a kind of vacuum cleaner

verb

1

clean with a vacuum cleaner“vacuum the carpets”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hoover?4

two syllables

mover

three syllables

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Hoover in a sentence

  • Hoover won fifty-eight percent of the votes.Source_VOA
  • Using the hoover would just be a waste of electricity.sundown
  • The new hoover came with a thick booklet of instructions in twenty-one languages.sundown
  • Which hoover is the best, then?sundown
  • They should have bought a new hoover.Lillith
  • She bought a Hoover at the supermarket.BE
  • Hoover was well-known to Americans.Source_VOA
  • President Hoover tried to solve the crisis.Source_VOA

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of hoover

as a noun

plural
hoovers

as a verb

third-person singular
hoovers
present participle
hoovering
past participle
hoovered
past tense
hoovered