hoover: Word of the day for August 18, 2016

hoover , v :
(transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (intransitive, Britain) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner. William Henry “Boss” Hoover, who founded The Hoover Company with his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr., was born on this day in 1849.
August 18, 2016