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 Definitions for hoover: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Hoover \Hoover\ n. [a trademark.]
a kind of vacuum cleaner.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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hoover \hoover\ v. t.
to clean with a vacuum cleaner. [slang]
Syn: vacuum, vacuum-clean.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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Hoover
n 1: United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners
(1849-1932) [syn: William Hoover, {William Henry
Hoover}]
2: United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48
years (1895-1972) [syn: 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: Herbert Hoover, Herbert Clark Hoover, {President
Hoover}]
4: a kind of vacuum cleaner
v : clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets" [syn: vacuum,
{vacuum-clean}]
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
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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
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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Hoover, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 62742
Housing Units (2000): 27150
Land area (2000): 43.134570 sq. miles (111.718018 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.513158 sq. miles (1.329073 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 43.647728 sq. miles (113.047091 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35896
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 33.386435 N, 86.804938 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 35244
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Hoover, AL
Hoover
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