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Meaning of "hoovering" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HOOVERING

hoovering  [ˈhuːvərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOOVERING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hoovering is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOOVERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hoovering

Vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner is a device that uses an air pump to create a partial vacuum to suck up dust and dirt, usually from floors, and optionally from other surfaces as well. The dirt is collected by either a dustbag or a cyclone for later disposal. Vacuum cleaners, which are used in homes as well as in industry, exist in a variety of sizes and models— small battery-operated hand-held devices, domestic central vacuum cleaners, huge stationary industrial appliances that can handle several hundred litres of dust before being emptied, and self-propelled vacuum trucks for recovery of large spills or removal of contaminated soil.

Definition of hoovering in the English dictionary

The definition of hoovering in the dictionary is the action or an instance of using a Hoover to vacuum-cleanto do the hoovering.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOOVERING


catering
ˈkeɪtərɪŋ
considering
kənˈsɪdərɪŋ
covering
ˈkʌvərɪŋ
during
ˈdjʊərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
flavouring
ˈfleɪvərɪŋ
Havering
ˈheɪvərɪŋ
hovering
ˈhɒvərɪŋ
livering
ˈlɪvərɪŋ
manoeuvring
məˈnuːvərɪŋ
manufacturing
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərɪŋ
monitoring
ˈmɒnɪtərɪŋ
offering
ˈɒfərɪŋ
quavering
ˈkweɪvərɪŋ
quivering
ˈkwɪvərɪŋ
recovering
rɪˈkʌvərɪŋ
shivering
ˈʃɪvərɪŋ
unwavering
ʌnˈweɪvərɪŋ
wallcovering
ˈwɔːlkʌvərɪŋ
wavering
ˈweɪvərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOOVERING

hoosh
Hoosier
hoot
hoot owl
hootanannie
hootananny
hootch
hootenannie
hootenannies
hootenanny
hooter
hootnannie
hootnannies
hootnanny
hoots
hooty
hooven
Hoover
Hoover Dam
hooves

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOOVERING

bring
civil engineering
electrical engineering
empowering
fingering
flattering
flowering
gathering
lettering
lowering
mechanical engineering
ordering
pioneering
power steering
rendering
scattering
steering
suffering
wandering
watering
wondering

Synonyms and antonyms of hoovering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hoovering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOOVERING

Find out the translation of hoovering to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hoovering from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hoovering» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hoovering
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hoovering
570 millions of speakers

English

hoovering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hoovering
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هوفيرينج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пылесосом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hoovering
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hoovering
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hoovering
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hoovering
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Staubsaugen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hoovering
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hoovering
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hoovering
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hút bụi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hoovering
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉवरिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hoovering
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

aspirapolvere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odkurzanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пилососом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aspiratul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hoovering
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoovering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hoovering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoovering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoovering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOVERING»

The term «hoovering» is regularly used and occupies the 84.136 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOVERING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hoovering

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QUOTES WITH «HOOVERING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hoovering.
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Keeley Hawes
I love washing, hoovering, ironing, you name it. I find it very therapeutic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOOVERING»

Discover the use of hoovering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoovering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Hoovering the Roof: The First Anthology
Between these covers are our skewed views on life and death, love and seafood. These are the voices that demanded to be heard. These are our stories - we hope you like them. THE EAST DULWICH WRITERS' GROUP
Debi Alper, Daniel Maitland, Richard Hk Woodhouse, 2010
2
Hoovering the Roof 2
An alternative take on medicine - and a twist in a lab rat's tale. ......He's quite bright, really, for a scientist...... Historical. Hysterical. Moody and multi-dimensional. These are the words that we've made from our lives. ..
Various, 2010
3
Poppy Shakespeare
“I'1n going.” “It's probably just Minimum Wage,” she says. “Hoovering or something.” “Hoovering!” I said. “I-loovering! Funny sort of hoovering! And I s' pose I'm a duchess as well,” I said, “if that's hoovering!” I know what hoovering sounds like!
Clare Allan, 2010
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Community Radio Toolkit
She looked really puzzled, and asked 'so why are you doing the hoovering?' Ianswered, 'because the floor was dirty.' Alex Green, Station Manager, ALL FM, Manchester ... but not too much It is very easy for staff members to get sucked into a ...
Ally Fogg, Phil Korbel and Cathy Brooks, 2005
5
Management Guidelines for Asian Floodplain River Fisheries: ...
The following sections describe the types of gears found at the study sites, within each of the four categories of barriers, chasing, set-and-wait and hoovering gears 4.1.4 Barrier gears Static filtering barriers / fykes (full river width) ...
‎1999
6
Talk A Lot - Spoken English Course (Book 1):
(Future Forms) I'll dothe hoovering quickly before Ihavea bath. / When willyoudo the hoovering? /Before I havea bath./Will youdo the hoovering quickly before you haveabath? / Yes,I will. / Will you do the hoovering quicklyafter you haveabath?
Matt Purland
7
Whereto Thy Follow Their Hearts Desire
Fanny. and. Freddy. help. mummy. with. the. hoovering. Fanny and Freddie could not play outside today, For it were wet, raining and wind blowing in every way. So they stayed indoors and helped Mummy with the hoovering, But they were ...
Jon-Lee Paul Butler, 2010
8
Talk a Lot Elementary Book 1: A Great New Way to Learn ...
(Future Forms) I'll do the hoovering quickly before I have a bath. / When will you do the hoovering? / Before I have a bath. / Will you do the hoovering quickly before you have a bath? / Yes, Iwill. / Will you do the hoovering quickly after you have ...
Matt Purland, 2008
9
American Labor and Economic Citizenship: New Capitalism from ...
Hoovering” in the Twenties Efficiency, Wages, and Growth in the “New Economic System” The new capitalism is making profits through cultivating or extending the principles of cooperation. It demands for its own prosperity, that its employees ...
Mark Hendrickson, 2013
10
Beyond Reasonable Doubt: Reasoning Processes in ...
There are other likely possibilities, it may not be the caretaker who is hoovering, but his assistant, or someone else. These possibilities are likewise well tolerated by my distribution and do not require re-orienting my projects in which both the ...
Kieron O'Connor, Frederick Aardema, Marie-Claude Pélissier, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOOVERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoovering is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Minkes having a whale of a time 'hoovering' up fish off North-east …
“At times a whale would surface slowly under a feeding flock of birds and almost skim along the surface, presumably hoovering up fish with as ... «Aberdeen Evening Express, Jul 15»
2
CIA documents raise questions about spy agency's domestic data …
The American Civil Liberties Union in concerned the CIA is hoovering up mass amounts of data on Americans as it conducts foreign ... «Yahoo News UK, Jul 15»
3
Jeremy Corbyn Labour leadership odds slashed
He is said to have been hoovering up votes from new and younger party members, and has accumulated 40 nominations from local ... «South Wales Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Shooting big Fish in a barrel - Divernet
They were Hoovering. In their eagerness to get the fish the sharks were jostling, nudging and pushing each other without restraint. But it soon became ludicrous ... «Divernet, Jul 15»
5
“Nobody is forcing any teacher to sign up with a recruitment agency …
Following concerns reported by Schools Week that recruitment agencies were fuelling the teacher shortage by “hoovering up” job seekers and ... «Schools Week, Jul 15»
6
6 big selection calls facing Kerry and Cork before the Munster final …
He started brightly in Killarney, hoovering up possession and helping Cork settle into the contest. But after picking up a black card in the 23rd ... «The42, Jul 15»
7
Would-be Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn would scrap tuition fees …
He is said to have been hoovering up votes from new and younger party members, and has accumulated 40 nominations from local ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
8
Audi Q3 Review - Motoring.co.uk
It is good at hoovering up the miles as a long distance cruiser though; a trip to Sussex for the Goodwood Festival of Speed genuinely flew by. «motoring.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Could China defeat America in World War III? - The Week
Chinese hackers hoovering up military secrets from their apartments in polluted megacities isn't a 1980s fever dream — it's part of the world ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
10
Woodward v the World: Dawn of Super-Ed | JOE.co.uk
This was followed by a lull during which traditional rivals Liverpool got to work hoovering up sensible buys, while the press were starved by their usual ... «JOE.co.uk, Jul 15»

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