- hoovered
- Hoo·ver || 'huËvÉ™ n. (British) vacuum cleaner (trademark) v. (British) vacuum, clean with a vacuum cleaner (trademark)
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hoovered — adj British drunk. An item of student slang in use in London and elsewhere since around 2000 … Contemporary slang
hoover (up) — vb to devour, eat or drink rapidly or greed ily. A popular use of the vacuum cleaner s household name since the late 1960s. The expression is most common in Britain but is known in the USA. Dur ing World War II hoovering was the name given to an… … Contemporary slang
hoover — [[t]hu͟ːvə(r)[/t]] hoovers, hoovering, hoovered 1) N COUNT A Hoover is a vacuum cleaner. [BRIT, TRADEMARK] 2) VERB If you hoover a carpet, you clean it using a vacuum cleaner. [BRIT] [V n] She hoovered the study and the sitting room. [Also V]… … English dictionary
hoover — UK [ˈhuːvə(r)] / US [ˈhuvər] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms hoover : present tense I/you/we/they hoover he/she/it hoovers present participle hoovering past tense hoovered past participle hoovered British to clean a carpet or floor with … English dictionary
hoover up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hoover up : present tense I/you/we/they hoover up he/she/it hoovers up present participle hoovering up past tense hoovered up past participle hoovered up to clean the dirt or dust from a carpet or floor with a … English dictionary
hoover up — ˌhoover ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they hoover up he/she/it hoovers up present participle hoovering up past tense … Useful english dictionary
List of eponyms — An eponym is a person (real or fictitious) from whom something is said to take its name. The word is back formed from eponymous , from the Greek eponymos meaning giving name . NOTOC Here is a list of eponyms:A B C D E F G H I–J K L–ZA* Achilles,… … Wikipedia
'Allo 'Allo! (series 5) — This article contains episode listings for the fifth series of the British Sitcom series Allo Allo!. The series contains twenty six episodes which first aired between 3 September 1988 and 25 February 1989. Series 5 is longer than any of the other … Wikipedia
Fat and Frantic — were a humorous Christian music group who played a self styled mixture of Gospel Music and Skiffle which they described as Goffle (but its been said that some people accused them of playing a mix of punk and skiffle, called piffle !) Formed in… … Wikipedia
hoover — To ingest food or drink unbeliveably fast. Inspired by the vacuum cleaner company. I filled the dog s bowl and he hoovered it before I could set the bag down … Dictionary of american slang
