"hoovering" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hooverings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hoovering (countable and uncountable, plural hooverings)
  1. (informal) The act of cleaning using a vacuum cleaner. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hoovering-en-noun-mFr3MUNE

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} hoovering
  1. present participle and gerund of hoover Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: hoover
    Sense id: en-hoovering-en-verb-6QWnnn4A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73

Inflected forms

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