noun
United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
Synonyms
William Hoover
William Henry Hoover
noun
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
Synonyms
J. Edgar Hoover
John Edgar Hoover
noun
31st President of the United States
Synonyms
Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover
President Hoover
Examples
- in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
noun
a kind of vacuum cleaner
verb
clean with a vacuum cleaner
Synonyms
Examples
- vacuum the carpets