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hoover

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Good examples of trade marks that have fallen into common usage are elevator, xerox and hoover.

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Quick take

United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hoover gathered in one view.

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)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hoover.

noun

United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

See also: Hoover

noun

United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

See also: Hoover

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)

See also: Hoover

noun

a kind of vacuum cleaner

See also: Hoover

Example sentences

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Good examples of trade marks that have fallen into common usage are elevator, xerox and hoover.

2

Imagine j. edgar hoover or richard nixon able to use all that NSA data for illegitimate purposes.

3

Mozilla is effectively the only player in the browser space that I still feel I can trust not to have commercial motives to hoover up data about me.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hoover in a sentence?

Good examples of trade marks that have fallen into common usage are elevator, xerox and hoover.

What does hoover mean?

United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

What part of speech is hoover?

hoover is commonly used as noun, verb.