Hoover,

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoover \Hoover\ n. [a trademark.]
     a kind of vacuum cleaner.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  hoover \hoover\ v. t.
     to clean with a vacuum cleaner. [slang]
  
     Syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hoover
       n 1: United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners
            (1849-1932) [syn: {William Hoover}, {William Henry
            Hoover}]
       2: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48
          years (1895-1972) [syn: {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 re-election by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
          [syn: {Herbert Hoover}, {Herbert Clark Hoover}, {President
          Hoover}]
       4: a kind of vacuum cleaner
       v : clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets" [syn: {vacuum},
            {vacuum-clean}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Hoover, AL (city, FIPS 35896)
    Location: 33.37533 N, 86.81904 W
    Population (1990): 39788 (17038 housing units)
    Area: 61.8 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 35244

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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