hoover up
To suck (something) into a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
Don't worry about the mess on the carpet - I'll hoover it up later.
hoover
UK /ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/ US /ˈhuvɚ/
name 5verb 4noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
best, new, well-known
VERB + HOOVER
asked, blamed, bought, iron, need, place, use, using
HOOVER + NOUN
american, area, election, everything, percent, room, situation, supermarket
PREP.
in, up
Definitions
name
1
An American surname from German (shared by several famous people including J. Edgar Hoover and Herbert Hoover).
2
A number of places in the United States:
3
A number of places in the United States:
4
A number of places in the United States:
5
A number of places in the United States:
noun
1
A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand.
2
Alternative letter-case form of hoover, irrespective of the brand.
verb
1
Alternative letter-case form of hoover.
I helped Mum tidy up and watched while she Hoovered the carpet.
After another hour, I had Hoovered the carpet and emptied the dustbin, and we all sat down to watch vintage home movies.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — clean with a vacuum cleaner
- vacuum
- vacuum-clean
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Hoover flag
An empty (penniless) pocket, turned inside out, showing that someone has no money (especially during the Great Depression.)
But drawing from my pants an old Hoover flag left over from my father's failed youth, I see I lack the least smudge of a penny to pay salvation's cover charge [...] with. So I begi
Example Bank
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I helped Mum tidy up and watched while she Hoovered the carpet.
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After another hour, I had Hoovered the carpet and emptied the dustbin, and we all sat down to watch vintage home movies.
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He was left with a pounding headache and a mouth that tasted as if it had Hoovered the carpet.
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"What do you do about dogs that don't like Hoovers?" […] At the first opportunity place the Hoover in the area where your dog is lying calmly, and since it is normally the noise that sends it into tho
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And the brooms lined up behind the buckets, and the dusters, dustpans, cloths and brushes, feather dusters and sweepers all lined up bravely to do battle with the thousand upright Hoovers. The Hoovers
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Vacuuming the house is a very quick way of sprucing it up simply because you can use the hoover to push everything out of the way. Cleaning an average-size room is also the exercise equivalent of ten
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