HOOVER

v 1. to clean. Origin: the Hoover brand of vacuum cleaners. ("You are not going out to play until you hoover that messy room of yours!" "I have to hoover the bathroom before the party starts.") Submitted by Susan Baglien, Wauwatosa, WI, USA, 23-09-1997. 2. to eat very quickly. Origin: the same vacuum cleaners. Someone eating quickly could (in theory) be mistaken for a vacuum cleaner. ("He hoovered the whole pizza!") Submitted by Annie Trimble, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 11-03-1998.