1. [Brit, informal] Eat a large amount of food quickly
   "The teenagers hoovered up pizza after the game";
   - garbage down [informal], gobble up [informal], shovel in [informal], bolt down [informal], snarf [informal]
    
2. Clean up (something with a vacuum cleaner)
   "hoover up the crumbs";
   - Hoover up [Brit]

Derived forms: hoovered up, hoovering up, hoovers up

Type of: eat