English Dictionary

Definition of “hoovering”

hoovering (ˈhuːvərɪŋ)

'No, he was in the corridor, hoovering , when I got up there.

Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)

Of Robert Downey Jr. caught hoovering over a hand mirror in his trailer between scenes.

Globe and Mail (2003)

Or you're colour spectrumming my shirts: or filing stuff away, or you're hoovering the floor, or telling me to hoover.

Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)

The kitchen mix of essential oils in half a pint of water and sprayed onto the carpet after hoovering will keep your carpets germ free.

Price, Shirley Aromatherapy Workbook

Then it's back home for a marathon of washing, ironing, hoovering , dusting and tidying up.

Sun, News of the World (2004)

We also hear how trawlers, believed to be Irish, are hoovering up undersize fish from nursery banks and shallows.

Sun, News of the World (1999)

`A bag,' she repeated louder and looked heavenward as the hoovering black hole launched a packet of Lambert & Butler.

James Birrell THE MANANA MAN (2002)

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