[syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hoover \Hoover\ n. [a trademark.]
a kind of vacuum cleaner.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hoover \hoover\ v. t.
to clean with a vacuum cleaner. [slang]
Syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Hoover
n 1: United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum
cleaners (1849-1932) [syn: Hoover, William Hoover,
William Henry Hoover]
2: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years
(1895-1972) [syn: Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar
Hoover]
3: 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) [syn: Hoover,
Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover]
4: a kind of vacuum cleaner
v 1: clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets" [syn:
vacuum, vacuum-clean, hoover]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Hoover, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 62742
Housing Units (2000): 27150
Land area (2000): 43.134570 sq. miles (111.718018 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.513158 sq. miles (1.329073 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 43.647728 sq. miles (113.047091 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35896
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.386435 N, 86.804938 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35244
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hoover, AL
Hoover