Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Hoover · IPA /ˈhuvɚ/ n. v. t. 01 n. a kind of vacuum cleaner. 1. a kind of vacuum cleaner. 02 v. t. to clean with a vacuum cleaner. 1. to clean with a vacuum cleaner.[slang] Syn. vacuum, vacuum-clean.