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title="w:Hoover">Hoover</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover" class="extiw" title="w:Hoover">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoover&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The surname is an <a href="/wiki/anglicization" title="anglicization">anglicization</a> of <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Huber#German" title="Huber">Huber</a></i> or <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Low German">Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hufer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hufer (page does not exist)">Hufer</a></i>, originally designating a <a href="/wiki/landowner" title="landowner">landowner</a> or a prosperous small-scale farmer. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners (see <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hoover#English" title="hoover">hoover</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoover&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈhuːvə(ɹ)/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈhuvɚ/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/u%CB%90v%C9%99(%C9%B9)" title="Rhymes:English/uːvə(ɹ)"><span class="IPA">-uːvə(ɹ)</span></a></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hoover#English" title="hoover">hoover</a></span></span></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="en">Hoo‧ver</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoover&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Hoover</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="use-with-mention">An American <a href="/wiki/surname" title="surname">surname</a> from German</span> (shared by several famous people including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover" class="extiw" title="w:J. Edgar Hoover">J. Edgar Hoover</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" class="extiw" title="w:Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a>).</li> <li>A number of places in the <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/United_States#English" title="United States">United States</a></span>: <ol><li>A city in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County#English" title="Jefferson County">Jefferson County</a></span> and <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County#English" title="Shelby County">Shelby County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Alabama#English" title="Alabama">Alabama</a></span>, incorporated in 1967 and named after William H. Hoover.</li> <li>An <a href="/wiki/unincorporated" title="unincorporated">unincorporated</a> <a href="/wiki/community" title="community">community</a> in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Adams#English" title="Adams">Adams</a></span> Township, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Cass_County#English" title="Cass County">Cass County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Indiana#English" title="Indiana">Indiana</a></span>, named after founder Riley Hoover.</li> <li>An <a href="/wiki/unincorporated" title="unincorporated">unincorporated</a> <a href="/wiki/community" title="community">community</a> in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Platte_County#English" title="Platte County">Platte County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Missouri#English" title="Missouri">Missouri</a></span>, named after merchant James Hoover.</li> <li>An <a href="/wiki/unincorporated" title="unincorporated">unincorporated</a> <a href="/wiki/community" title="community">community</a> in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Garvin_County#English" title="Garvin County">Garvin County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma#English" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a></span>, named after physician Daniel H. Hoover.</li> <li>An <a href="/wiki/unincorporated" title="unincorporated">unincorporated</a> <a href="/wiki/community" title="community">community</a> in <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Butte_County#English" title="Butte County">Butte County</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota#English" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a></span>, named after cattleman John Hoover.</li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoover&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>after Herbert Hoover, US president during the Depression</i>:</dd></dl> <div class="derivedterms ul-column-count" data-column-count="2"> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoover_bag&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hoover bag (page does not exist)">Hoover bag</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hoover_blanket#English" title="Hoover blanket">Hoover blanket</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hooverette#English" title="Hooverette">Hooverette</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hoover_flag#English" title="Hoover flag">Hoover flag</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hoover_hog#English" title="Hoover hog">Hoover hog</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hooverize#English" title="Hooverize">Hooverize</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hooverizer#English" title="Hooverizer">Hooverizer</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoover_shoes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hoover shoes (page does not exist)">Hoover shoes</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hooverville#English" title="Hooverville">Hooverville</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hoover_wagon#English" title="Hoover wagon">Hoover wagon</a></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoover&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-surname"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">surname</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="surname"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E8%83%A1%E4%BD%9B#Mandarin" title="胡佛">胡佛</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%83%A1%E4%BD%9B" class="extiw" title="zh:胡佛">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">Húfó</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="הובר (page does not exist)">הובר</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8" class="extiw" title="he:הובר">(he)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">húver</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E3%83%95%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="フーバー (page does not exist)">フーバー</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">Fūbā</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80#Russian" title="Гувер">Гу́вер</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80" class="extiw" title="ru:Гувер">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">Gúver</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80#Ukrainian" title="Гувер">Гу́вер</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">Húver</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoover&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Hoover</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hoovers#English" title="Hoovers">Hoovers</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/vacuum_cleaner" title="vacuum cleaner">vacuum cleaner</a> of the <i>Hoover</i> brand, or irrespective of brand (<span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hoover#English" title="hoover">hoover</a></i></span></span>).</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hoover&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">Hoover</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hoovers#English" title="Hoovers">Hoovers</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hoovering#English" title="Hoovering">Hoovering</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Hoovered#English" title="Hoovered">Hoovered</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#letter_case" title="Appendix:Glossary">letter-case</a> form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hoover#English" title="hoover">hoover</a></i></span></span>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1976</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Leeson" class="extiw" title="w:Robert Leeson">Robert Leeson</a>, <cite>The Demon Bike Rider</cite>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Collins,_Sons" class="extiw" title="w:William Collins, Sons">Collins</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0_00_184163_7" title="Special:BookSources/0 00 184163 7">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/demonbikerider0000lees_l4m8/page/65/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">65</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I helped Mum tidy up and watched while she <b>Hoovered</b> the carpet.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1984</b> February 22, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Davies" class="extiw" title="w:Hunter Davies">Hunter Davies</a>, “Father’s Day”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_(magazine)" class="extiw" title="w:Punch (magazine)">Punch</a></cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">286</span>, number <span class="None" lang="und">7473</span>, Punch Publications Ltd., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/sim_punch_1984-02-22_286_7473/page/33/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">33</span></a>, column 3:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">After another hour, I had <b>Hoovered</b> the carpet and emptied the dustbin, and we all sat down to watch vintage home movies.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1995</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lovesey" class="extiw" title="w:Peter Lovesey">Peter Lovesey</a>, <cite>The Summons</cite>, Thorndike, Me.: Thorndike Press; Bath: Chivers Press, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7862-0560-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7862-0560-1">→ISBN</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/summons00love_0/page/84/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">84</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He was left with a pounding headache and a mouth that tasted as if it had <b>Hoovered</b> the carpet.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2018</b></span>, Elissa Brent Weissman, <cite>The Length of a String</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FswvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT169">[1]</a></sup>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Dial Press">Dial Books</a> for Young Readers, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780735229471" title="Special:BookSources/9780735229471">→ISBN</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">I’d also picked up all the clothes and junk from my bedroom floor, and—for the first time ever—“<b>Hoovered</b>” the carpet without being 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