hoovering
Related to hoovering: hoovering up
hoover
slang To vacuum. An allusion to the Hoover brand of vacuums, though used generically. We'd better hoover the house before our guests arrive. Sorry, I was hoovering and didn't hear the phone ring.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
hoovering
1. n. an abortion. (From the suction used, referring to the vacuum cleaner.) She said she thought a hoovering would make things right.
2. n. an act of sucking up to someone. (see also suck up to someone.) More of your hoovering! You are a sycophantic pain in the butt!
See also: hoover
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- hoover
- hoover up
- haf
- end game
- in a minor key
- minor
- straws in (one's) hair
- feeler
- have the/(one's) feelers out
- hewers of wood and drawers of water