different between maneuver vs hoover

English

Alternative forms

• manoeuvre (Commonwealth, Irish)
• maneuvre, manoeuver (nonstandard)
• manœuver, manœuvre (British, archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, maneuver”) and manouvrer (“to maneuver”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labor”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from manu (“by hand”) + operari (“to work”). First recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne (800 AD) to mean "chore, manual task", probably as a calque of the Frankish *handwerc (“hand-work”). Compare Old English handweorc, Old English hand?eweorc, German Handwerk. The verb is a doublet of the verb manure.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /m??nu?v?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m??nu?v?/
• Hyphenation: ma?neu?ver
• Rhymes: -u?v?(?)

Noun

maneuver (plural maneuvers) (American spelling)

1. (military) The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. [from 18th c.]

   The army was on maneuvers.

   Joint NATO maneuvers are as much an exercise in diplomacy as in tactics and logistics.

2. Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem. [from 18th c.]
   • 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, III.v.7:

     “This,” cried he, “is a manœuvre I have been some time expecting: but Mr. Harrel, though artful and selfish, is by no means deep.”

3. A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. [from 18th c.]
4. (medicine) A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. [from 18th c.]

   The otorhinolaryngologist performed an Epley maneuver and the patient was relieved of his vertigo.

5. A controlled (especially skilful) movement taken while steering a vehicle. [from 18th c.]

   Parallel parking can be a difficult maneuver.

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Verb

maneuver (third-person singular simple present maneuvers, present participle maneuvering, simple past and past participle maneuvered) (American spelling)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme

   The patriarch maneuvered till his offspring occupied countless key posts

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Anagrams

• maneuvre

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.

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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

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References

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