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hoover
1[hoo-ver]
verb (used with object)
to clean with a vacuum cleaner.
Hoover
2[hoo-ver]
noun
Herbert (Clark), 1874–1964, 31st president of the U.S. 1929–33.
J(ohn) Edgar, 1895–1972, U.S. government official: director of the FBI 1924–72.
Lou Henry, 1874–1944, U.S. First Lady 1929–33 (wife of Herbert Hoover).
a town in N central Alabama.
Hoover
1/ ˈhuːvə /
noun
a type of vacuum cleaner
verb
to vacuum-clean (a carpet, furniture, etc)
to consume or dispose of (something) quickly and completely
he hoovered up his grilled fish
Hoover
2/ ˈhuːvə /
noun
Herbert ( Clark ). 1874–1964, US statesman; 31st president of the US (1929–33). He organized relief for Europe during and after World War I, but as president he lost favour after his failure to alleviate the effects of the Depression
J ( ohn ) Edgar. 1895–1972, US lawyer: director of the FBI (1924–72). He used new scientific methods to combat crime, including the first fingerprint file
Word History and Origins
Origin of Hoover1
Example Sentences
During the Great Depression, the Reconstruction Finance Corp., a Hoover creation that lived well into Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, took preferred shares in numerous impaired banks in return for capital infusions they needed to survive.
Under the dictatorial rule of then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, the agency surveilled, wiretapped and harassed King and other Black leaders relentlessly during his lifetime.
Police officials and advocates for trafficking victims say that the Hoovers gang has long held a stranglehold on the area.
“Communities promised relief from punishing energy costs are now left in the dark,” former EPA senior advisor Zealan Hoover said in a statement.
Lanhee J. Chen, a contributing writer to Opinion, is an American public policy fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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