hoover
/hˈuvɝ/
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Definitions
Noun
United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
Noun
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
Noun
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)
Noun
a kind of vacuum cleaner
Verb
clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets"