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# hoover

verb (hoover, hoovers, hoovered, hoovering — UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ); noun (a Hoover, Hoovers)

«hoover» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, informal) To clean a floor or carpet with a vacuum cleaner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#m1)
2. (UK) A vacuum cleaner, from the brand name Hoover. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#m2)
3. (informal) To eat or take in something very fast, as in «He hoovered up his dinner». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life at home: «Can you hoover your room?» It is a chore word. In Britain and Ireland people use «hoover» for any vacuum cleaner, whatever the brand. Phrase: hoover up — to suck up or to eat quickly.

### Examples

- Please hoover the living room before Nan comes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#x1)
- I hoovered under my bed and found my missing sock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#x2)
- The hoover is in the cupboard under the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#x3)
- The dog hoovered up the crumbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#x4)
- He hoovered up three slices of pizza. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#x5)
- Dad was hoovering the stairs when the doorbell rang. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#x6)
- Our new hoover is very loud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: hoovered. As a brand the noun takes a capital (Hoover), but as an everyday word many write it small. In the USA people say «vacuum» instead. Same meaning: vacuum, vacuum cleaner.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hoover» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hoover/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hoover» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hoover.html) on Mova free.