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hoover
verb- to clean with a vacuum cleaner UK, 1939
A generic, almost the generic, from Hoover vacuum cleaners. - Some chance of that [a lie-in] with ‘er indoors ‘oovering round the bed. — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 67, 1984
- to suck out, to remove by suction AUSTRALIA
- “I’ve thought of having this bit,” Dame Edna touches the wattles under her chin, “Hoovered out, you know... What they do is make a little hole in your chin... and they suck out a kind of horrible sausage of fat.” — John Lahr, Dame Edna Everage and the Rise of Western Civilisation, pp. 10–11, 1991
- to extract; to draw out US
- David Macklin had hoovered us for thousands to insure Mack would be a rich widow if I checked out back when we were young and stupid. — George V. Higgins, Penance for Jerry Kennedy, p. 14, 1985
- to inhale drugs US, 1982
From the similarity to a “hoover” (a vacuum cleaner) cleaning up dust. - Whenever there are dances to be danced, drugs to be hoovered, women to be allagashed. — Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City, p. 44, 1984
- James hoovered his line [of cocaine] in one, languorous draught[.] — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 87, 1999
- You hoovered up some silly dust back in the club, entered a K-hole and don’t know what happened. — Mixmag, p. 142, June 2003
- to eat or drink greedily US, 1986
From the similarity to a “hoover” (a vacuum cleaner)’s indiscriminate method of swallowing anything in its path. - — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 6, Spring 1988
- to perform oral sex on a man UK, 1992
From the supposed similarity to a “hoover” (a vacuum cleaner)’s suction. - Fancy a quick hoover d’amour? — compiled by the cast of “Aspects of Love”, Prince of Wales Theatre, Palare (Boy Dancer Talk) for Beginners, 1989–92
- to perform an abortion US
An allusion to the branded vacuum cleaner. - — Oprah Winfrey Show, 2 October 2003
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