noun
- United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932.
- synonyms: William Hoover, William Henry Hoover
- United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972.
- synonyms: J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar 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.
- synonyms: Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover
- A kind of vacuum cleaner.
verb
- Clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- usage: "vacuum the carpets"
- synonyms: vacuum, vacuum-clean
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