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hoovered

hoovered adjective: having been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner; vacuum-cleaned. Also the simple past and past participle of hoover.

Adjective

hoovered (comparative more hoovered, superlative most hoovered)

  1. Having been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner; vacuum-cleaned.
  2. (slang) Drunk.
    • 'What!' he roared, 'Listen man I'm hoovered,' and as he looked away he snapped, 'You have had too much to drink, Silent Face - all the people in here look the same to me. Here give me that bottle.'2020, John A. Walker, The Film Festival

Verb capitalized: Hoovered

Hoovered

  1. (participle, past) simple past and past participle of Hoover

Also used as

hoovered is also the simple past and past participle of hoover.

Synonyms of hoovered

Forms of hoovered

comparativemore hoovered
superlativemost hoovered

Phrases with hoovered

Questions about hoovered

What does hoovered mean?
Hoovered means having been cleaned with a vacuum cleaner; vacuum-cleaned.
What part of speech is hoovered?
Hoovered can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near hoovered in the dictionary

  1. hoover up
  2. Hoover wagon
  3. Hoover wagons
  4. Hoovercrat
  5. Hoovercrats
  6. hoovered
  7. hoovered up
  8. hooverette
  9. hooverettes
  10. Hooverian
  11. hoovering

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