Hoover vs. Hover
Difference Between Hoover and Hover
Hooververb
To clean (a surface or material) with a vacuum cleaner
hoovered the rug.Hoververb
To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air
gulls hovering over the waves.Hooververb
To remove with a vacuum cleaner. Often used with up
hoovered up the spilled cereal.Hoververb
To remain or linger in or near a place
hovering around the speaker's podium.Hooververb
(Slang) To consume entirely; devour. Often used with up or down.
Hoververb
To remain in an uncertain state; waver
hovered between anger and remorse.Hooververb
(Informal) To use a vacuum cleaner
needs to hoover before the guests arrive.Hoververb
(Computers) To position a pointer over an object or area of the screen, causing a pop-up box to appear or other change to occur
Hover over the image to display the filename.Hoovernoun
A vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
Hoververb
To cause to hover
The pilot hovered the helicopter a few feet above the icy river.Hooververb
To clean (a room, etc.) with a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
I need to hoover this room.Hoververb
(Computers) To position (a pointer) over an object or area of the screen
hovered the cursor over the link.Hooververb
To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.
My husband is upstairs, hoovering.Hovernoun
The act or state of hovering
a helicopter in hover.Hooververb
(transitive) To suck in or inhale, as if by a vacuum cleaner.
Hoververb
(intransitive) To float in the air.
The hummingbird hovered by the plant.Hoovernoun
United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)
Hoververb
(intransitive) To linger in one place.
The strange man hovered outside the gents.Hoovernoun
United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
Hoververb
(intransitive) To waver, or be uncertain.
Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.Hoovernoun
31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for re-election by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)
Hoververb
To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.
A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.Hoovernoun
a kind of vacuum cleaner
Hovernoun
The act of hovering
Hooververb
clean with a vacuum cleaner;
vacuum the carpetsHovernoun
A cover; a shelter; a protection.
Hoververb
be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action;
He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirementHoververb
move to and fro;
The shy student lingered in the cornerHoververb
hang in the air; fly or be suspended above
Hoververb
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity;
The guru claimed that he could levitateHoververb
hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing;
The terrible vision brooded over her all day long
