Hoover - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Hoover : (noun)
1: United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932) [syn: Hoover, William Hoover, William Henry Hoover]
2: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972) [syn: Hoover, 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: Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, President Hoover]
4: a kind of vacuum cleaner [syn: Hoover] (verb)

1: clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets" [syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)