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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.

hoover up

1. Literally, to use a vacuum cleaner on something; to suck up something using a vacuum cleaner. An allusion to the Hoover brand of vacuums, though used generically. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hoover" and "up." Primarily heard in UK. We'd better hoover up the house before our guests arrive. I need to hoover this glass up or someone might get hurt!

2. To eat or drink something with great speed and voracity. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hoover" and "up." Primarily heard in UK. I'm so hungry, I'm going to hoover up everything I can lay my hands on at the restaurant! I've never seen anyone hoover vegetables up the way you do.

3. To absorb or consume something with great enthusiasm, intensity, or eagerness. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hoover" and "up." Primarily heard in UK. The teacher was brilliant at finding ways to encourage her students to hoover their studies up. My son hoovers any new technological gadget up.

hoover

tv. to perform oral sex on the penis. (see also a hoovering.) She hoovered him twice and then left.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

hoover
hoovering
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

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释义	hoover up Related to hoover up: Hoover Dam, J edgar hoover 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. hoover up 1. Literally, to use a vacuum cleaner on something; to suck up something using a vacuum cleaner. An allusion to the Hoover brand of vacuums, though used generically. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hoover" and "up." Primarily heard in UK. We'd better hoover up the house before our guests arrive. I need to hoover this glass up or someone might get hurt! 2. To eat or drink something with great speed and voracity. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hoover" and "up." Primarily heard in UK. I'm so hungry, I'm going to hoover up everything I can lay my hands on at the restaurant! I've never seen anyone hoover vegetables up the way you do. 3. To absorb or consume something with great enthusiasm, intensity, or eagerness. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hoover" and "up." Primarily heard in UK. The teacher was brilliant at finding ways to encourage her students to hoover their studies up. My son hoovers any new technological gadget up. See also: hoover, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. hoover tv. to perform oral sex on the penis. (see also a hoovering.) She hoovered him twice and then left. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: hoover hoovering 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
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