United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

[ Syn: hoover , william hoover , william henry hoover ]

United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

[ Syn: hoover , j. edgar hoover , john edgar hoover ]

31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

[ Syn: hoover , herbert hoover , herbert clark hoover , president hoover ]

a kind of vacuum cleaner

[ Syn: hoover ]

clean with a vacuum cleaner; vacuum the carpets

[ Syn: vacuum , vacuum-clean ]