hoovers

Sucks up dirt

Hoovers is the plural of hoover, a British term for vacuum cleaner—from the brand name Hoover that once dominated the market.

As a verb, to hoover is to vacuum: She hoovers the carpets every Saturday.

To hoover something up is to consume it rapidly or indiscriminately: The kids hoovered up the snacks in minutes.

cleaning

vacuum

Absence of matter

dustFine settled particles
sweepBrush clean with broom
tidyFree from clutter

suction · carpet · rug · upholstery · crumbs · dirt · debris · nozzle · attachment · cord

devouring

gobble

Eat fast and greedily

devourEat greedily and fast
inhaleDraw air in
wolfWild pack canine

scarf · gulp · demolish · consume · snarf · feast · gorge · engulf · swallow

brand

Dyson

Premium vacuum manufacturer

appliancePowered household device
BritishOf the United Kingdom
trademarkRegistered commercial identifier

upright · cordless · canister · bagged · bagless · electric · domestic

Categories

consumeseats, devours, consumes, ingests, swallows

Opposites

cleaning method

hooversbrooms

Handled sweeping implements

sweeps · brushes · mops · dustpans · rakes

dirt direction

hooversscatters

Distributes irregularly about

spreads · disperses · dirties · soils · litters

action/movement of debris

hooversblows

Strikes or expels air

scatters · disperses · expels · blasts · spreads

Phrases

J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover DamConcrete arch-gravity structure on Colorado
Herbert Hoover
hoovering upConsuming rapidly and completely
hoover upConsume rapidly, completely
hoovered upCleaned or consumed greedily

Family

hoover, hoovered, hoovering

Familiarity: Top 50,000
Profile: Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G