vacuum cleaner
nounEtymology From vacuum + cleaner. By synchronic analysis, vacuum-clean (a back-formation) + -er.
1
A device that uses suction, and often agitation, in order to remove dirt and other debris from carpets and hard floors.
2
Euphemistic, Slang The buttocks.
- And if that's not a good enough explanation, you can shove it up your vacuum cleaner and turn it on high!2000, Irving Berlin, White Christmas:
- Derived terms
- cyclonic vacuum cleaner, vacuum-clean