Overview of noun hoover

The noun hoover has 4 senses

• Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover -- (United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932))


• Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover -- (United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972))


• Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover -- (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))


• Hoover -- (a kind of vacuum cleaner)

Overview of verb hoover

The verb hoover has 1 sense

• vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover -- (clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets")