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1. | [ noun ] (politics) 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for re-election by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964) | |
Synonyms: | Herbert_Clark_Hoover president_hoover Herbert_Hoover | |
Related terms: | President_of_the_United_States | |
2. | [ verb ] clean with a vacuum cleaner | |
Synonyms: | vacuum vacuum-clean | |
Examples: | "vacuum the carpets" |
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Related terms: | clean | |
3. | [ noun ] (law,work) United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972) | |
Synonyms: | john_edgar_hoover j._edgar_hoover | |
Related terms: | lawyer | |
4. | [ noun ] (work,business) United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932) | |
Synonyms: | william_hoover william_henry_hoover | |
Related terms: | industrialist vacuum | |
5. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 571 | |
6. | [ noun ] (trademark) a kind of vacuum cleaner | |
Related terms: | vacuum trademark | |
Similar spelling: |
hover however hoper Hofer hopper Hooper hoofer Hoffer Hoefer |