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Definition of hoover

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noun

verb

  • to clean. Origin: the Hoover brand of vacuum cleaners.
    You are not going out to play until you hoover that messy room of yours!
    I have to hoover the bathroom before the party starts.

    by Susan Baglien, Wauwatosa, WI, USA, Sep 23 1997.

  • to eat very quickly. Origin: the same vacuum cleaners. Someone eating quickly could (in theory) be mistaken for a vacuum cleaner.
    He hoovered the whole pizza!

    by Annie Trimble, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Mar 11 1998.

  • to quickly consume a drink.
    Wrap your lips around that glass and hoover.

    by Mark H., Canada, Jul 15 1998.

  • to be very bad; TO SUCK.
    Man, that really hoovered!

    by Mo M., Warren, OH, USA, May 28 2002.

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