different between hoofer vs hoover

English

Etymology

hoof (“dance”, verb) +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

hoofer (plural hoofers)

1. (US, slang) A professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• Hoover

Etymology

From Hoover, the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners, which was sold by The Hoover Company. The American company was founded by William Henry Hoover (1849–1932) and his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr. (1877–1954). The surname Hoover is an Anglicized version of the German Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?hu?v?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?huv?/
• Hyphenation: hoo?ver

Noun

hoover (plural hoovers)

1. (chiefly Britain) A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.

Translations

Verb

hoover (third-person singular simple present hoovers, present participle hoovering, simple past and past participle hoovered)

1. (transitive, Britain) To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
   • 2006, Stella Rimington, Secret Asset, London: Hutchinson, ISBN 978-0-09-180024-6; republished New York, N.Y.: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4000-7982-7, page 210:

     In the freshly hoovered living room of her house in Wokingham, Thelma Dawnton was distinctly miffed.
2. (intransitive, Britain) To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
3. (transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.

Synonyms

• (transitive sense): to vacuum

Derived terms

• hoover up

Translations

References

• “hoover” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.