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hoovers

hoovers is the plural of hoover.

hoovers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hoover.

Meaning of hoover

Noun

hoover (plural hoovers)

  1. (Ireland, UK) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
    • "What do you do about dogs that don't like Hoovers?" […] At the first opportunity place the Hoover in the area where your dog is lying calmly, and since it is normally the noise that sends it into those fits of anger, it should be unconcerned with a silent machine. Continue to place the Hoover in...2006, William Houston, Party Tricks for Dogs, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN

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Noun capitalized: Hoovers

Hoovers

  1. (plural) plural of Hoover.

Verb capitalized: Hoovers

Hoovers

  1. (indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of Hoover.

Proper noun capitalized: Hoovers

Hoovers

  1. A black street gang known for wearing orange and having an intense rivalry with both the Bloods and the Crips.

Phrases with hoovers

Questions about hoovers

What does hoovers mean?
Hoovers means a black street gang known for wearing orange and having an intense rivalry with both the Bloods and the Crips.
What is hoovers the plural of?
Hoovers is the plural of hoover.
What part of speech is hoovers?
Hoovers can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.

Words near hoovers in the dictionary

  1. Hooverizers
  2. hooverizes
  3. hooverizing
  4. Hooverizings
  5. Hoovernomics
  6. hoovers
  7. hoovers up
  8. Hooverville
  9. Hoovervilles
  10. hooves
  11. hooving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hoovers (page history and authors); Hoovers (page history and authors); hoover (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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