vacuum cleaner

an electrical appliance for cleaning carpets, floors, etc., by suction.

Also called vacuum sweeper.

Origin of vacuum cleaner

First recorded in 1900–05

Last week Walt called the Vacuum-Cleaner Guy, and now the Vacuum Cleaner Guy had come through.

‘Granite State,’ the Penultimate Episode of ‘Breaking Bad,’ Is Walter White’s Final Act |Andrew Romano |September 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I told all I knew, and a good bit more, and I sucked in information like a vacuum-cleaner.

The City in the Clouds |C. Ranger Gull
This morning she came running over crying that her vacuum-cleaner was chasing her all over the house.

The Brain |Alexander Blade
Denry explained the vacuum-cleaner to the housewives, who had got no further than a Ewbank.

The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns |Arnold Bennett

The vacuum-cleaner was at that period the last word of civilisation, and the first agency for it was being set up in Bursley.

The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns |Arnold Bennett
Of course it takes forty-eight hours to buy a vacuum-cleaner, doesn't it?

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 2, 1917 |Various

vacuum cleaner

an electrical household appliance used for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, etc, by suction

vacuum cleaning, noun