Definition of "hoovering" [hoovering]

• Present participle of hoover. (verb)

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• "At the time, I was temping for a company that specializes in hoovering up state government service contracts, so I wrote “VFD Adventures” while cubicle-bound."
• "In Canada, as in the UK, people vacuum the house by doing the "hoovering"."
• "Dear Joanna, your American friends will not know what 'hoovering' is."