Sentence:  Up and down the wooden stairs of the house in Cambridge large balls of dust and dog hair bounced. Toby wondered whether John Lambert III, if he'd stuck around, would have <WSD>hoovered</WSD>. The hoover stopped and the man wound in the cord, admiring his handiwork. The silence pounded against Toby's eardrums. It seemed that real men <WSD>hoovered</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To use a vacuum cleaner, irrespective of brand.