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hoovering

hoovering noun: the act of cleaning using a vacuum cleaner. Also the present participle and gerund of hoover.

Noun

hoovering (countable and uncountable, plural hooverings)

  1. (informal) The act of cleaning using a vacuum cleaner.
    • Give your house a regular hoovering to prevent the build-up of dust.

Verb capitalized: Hoovering

Hoovering

  1. (gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of Hoover

Also used as

hoovering is also the present participle and gerund of hoover.

Forms of hoovering

pluralhooverings

Phrases with hoovering

Questions about hoovering

What does hoovering mean?
Hoovering means the act of cleaning using a vacuum cleaner.
What part of speech is hoovering?
Hoovering can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of hoovering?
The plural of hoovering is hooverings.

Words near hoovering in the dictionary

  1. hoovered
  2. hoovered up
  3. hooverette
  4. hooverettes
  5. Hooverian
  6. hoovering
  7. hoovering up
  8. hooverings
  9. hooverise
  10. hooverised
  11. hooverises

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