Hoover meaning

Hoover as a noun

1. United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

   Synonyms: William Hoover, William Henry Hoover

   Type of: industrialist

2. United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

   Synonyms: J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover

   Type of: lawyer

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)

   Synonyms: Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover

   Type of: President of the United States

4. a kind of vacuum cleaner

   Type of: vacuum

Hoover as a verb

1. clean with a vacuum cleaner
   • vacuum the carpets

   Synonyms: vacuum, vacuum-clean

   Type of: clean

Hoover in a sentence

• Hoover was born in the farm state of Iowa in 1874.
• They blamed President Hoover for their situation.
• Hoover withdrew American forces from Nicaragua.
• Hoover won fifty-eight percent of the votes.
• President Hoover tried to solve the crisis.

How to pronounce Hoover

Hoover is pronounced /ˈhuːvə/ in British English and /ˈhuvɚ/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with Hoover

• maneuver
• mover
• outmaneuver
• groover
• remover