HOOVER


Meaning of HOOVER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈhu:və ]

n. & v. --n. propr. a vacuum cleaner (properly one made by the Hoover company). --v. (hoover) 1 tr. (also absol.) clean (a carpet etc.) with a vacuum cleaner. 2 (foll. by up) a tr. suck up with or as with a vacuum cleaner (hoovered up the crumbs). b absol. clean a room etc. with a vacuum cleaner (decided to hoover up before they arrived). [W. H. Hoover, Amer. manufacturer d. 1932]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.