hoover: Word of the day for August 18, 2016
hoover , v :
(transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (intransitive, Britain) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner. William Henry “Boss” Hoover, who founded The Hoover Company with his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr., was born on this day in 1849.
(transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (intransitive, Britain) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner. William Henry “Boss” Hoover, who founded The Hoover Company with his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr., was born on this day in 1849.
