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Hoover noun [ ˈhuːvə ]

• a vacuum cleaner, properly one made by the Hoover company.

Hoover verb

• clean (something) with a vacuum cleaner.
• "he was hoovering the stairs"
Origin: 1920s: named after W. H. Hoover (see Hoover, William).

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