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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word hoovers:

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  1. Hoovers: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Hoovers: Vocabulary.com
  3. Hoover's, Hoovers, Hoovers, hoovers: Wordnik
  4. hoovers: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. Hoovers, hoovers: Wiktionary
  6. hoovers: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  7. Hoover's, Hoovers: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Hoovers: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Hoovers: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Hoover)

noun:  An American surname from German (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A city in Jefferson County and Shelby County, Alabama, incorporated in 1967 and named after William H. Hoover.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Adams Township, Cass County, Indiana, named after founder Riley Hoover.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Platte County, Missouri, named after merchant James Hoover.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Garvin County, Oklahoma, named after physician Daniel H. Hoover.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Butte County, South Dakota, named after cattleman John Hoover.
noun:  A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand, or irrespective of brand (alternative form of hoover).
noun:  (chiefly UK, Ireland) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
verb:  (ambitransitive, British, Ireland) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
verb:  (intransitive, British, Ireland) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
verb:  (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.
verb:  Alternative letter-case form of hoover. [(ambitransitive, British, Ireland) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.]
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