Meaning

(chiefly UK, Ireland) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly UK, Ireland) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
2. (ambitransitive, British, Ireland) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of the brand.
3. (intransitive, British, Ireland) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
4. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

Example Sentences

"What do you do about dogs that don't like Hoovers?" […] At the first opportunity place the Hoover in the area where your dog is lying calmly, and since it is normally the noise that sends it into those fits of anger, it should be unconcerned with a silent machine. Continue to place the Hoover in those areas that your pet is relaxing until it is familiar with the Hoover being in such close proximity. […] By continuing to distract your pet each time the Hoover is switched on but stationary, you should be able to move it a little closer without causing your pet any alarm.

And the brooms lined up behind the buckets, and the dusters, dustpans, cloths and brushes, feather dusters and sweepers all lined up bravely to do battle with the thousand upright Hoovers. The Hoovers charged, engines roaring and bags fully inflated.

Vacuuming the house is a very quick way of sprucing it up simply because you can use the hoover to push everything out of the way. Cleaning an average-size room is also the exercise equivalent of ten minutes on the Nordic Skier, while changing the hoover bag is the mental equivalent of doing a Rubik's cube in a dust storm.

I need to hoover this room.

In the freshly hoovered living room of her house in Wokingham, Thelma Dawnton was distinctly miffed.

This time Robbie was dreaming about Mr Spatchley's ducks. They had all come alive and were flying around the office whilst Robbie desperately tried to hoover the floor. There were ducks everywhere, on the desk and mantelpiece and padding around on the floor, knocking things over and quacking indignantly.

In honour of my visit, he'd gotten rid of 'most' of the cobwebs, and washed and hoovered the walls next to the bed. Hoovered the walls? What sort of creatures were living in the gaps in the stone that would need to be hoovered out?

After I'd eaten my dinner on Saturday, Mum said I could start earning some money by hoovering the lounge. She got the hoover out, plugged it in and said that she would come and inspect the carpet after she had finished clearing the dinner things away. […] I had started off hoovering the carpet, but after about twelve pushes I got a bit bored.

Word Forms

• hoovers
• Hoover
• hoovering
• hoovered

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When Should You Use Hoover?

Use hoover when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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