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Hoover   /hˈuvər/   Listen
Hoover

noun
1.
United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932).  Synonyms: William Henry Hoover, William Hoover.
2.
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972).  Synonyms: 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 reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964).  Synonyms: Herbert Clark Hoover, Herbert Hoover, President Hoover.
4.
A kind of vacuum cleaner.
verb
1.
Clean with a vacuum cleaner.  Synonyms: vacuum, vacuum-clean.



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"Hoover" Quotes from Famous Books



... enough. The Americans did more. They gave their heart. Every one of them who came into my country to act as a volunteer for the Commission for Relief, brought with him the sympathy of all the people that were behind him. Every one of these young Americans, who, under the leadership of Mr. Hoover, came into my country to watch the distribution of the foodstuffs imported by the Commission for Relief, became a sincere friend of my countrymen. He stood between us and the Germans as a vigilant sentry of the civilized world, ...
— Defenders of Democracy • Militia of Mercy
... told that the question of food would come to be of paramount importance; he knew that Herbert Hoover had been asked to return to America as soon as he could close his work abroad, and he cabled over to his English representative to arrange that the proposed Food Administrator should know, at first hand, of the magazine and its possibilities for the furtherance ...
— The Americanization of Edward Bok - The Autobiography of a Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward William Bok (1863-1930)
... return without my approval House bill No. 1094, entitled "An act granting a pension to Francis E. Hoover." ...
— Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 8, Section 2 (of 2): Grover Cleveland • Grover Cleveland
... words, a sort of Hoover Belgian distribution plan so that the Bolsheviki could not use the food we sent in there for propaganda purposes and to starve their enemies and ...
— The Bullitt Mission to Russia • William C. Bullitt
... like to give all of us a little joy ride. Tilly here told me only yesterday she never had been out in a car except once in a little broken-down flivver; and then she had to walk back home, nearly three miles. I wonder if Jerry wouldn't pick us up and take us over to the Hoover place right now. I've a good mind to ask him. Would ...
— The Chums of Scranton High Out for the Pennant • Donald Ferguson


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