Hoover
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Hoover /ˈhuːvə(r)/ Brit.
▶noun trademark a vacuum cleaner. ▶verb (hoover)
- 1 clean with a vacuum cleaner.
- 2 (hoover something up) informal consume something quickly and eagerly.
– origin 1920s: named after the American industrialist William H. Hoover.
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