Hovering

verb

Word Frequency: 1.7

Definitions

1.verbTo float in the air.

"The hummingbird hovered by the plant."

2.verbTo linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner.

"His pen hovered above the paper."

3.verbTo waver, or be uncertain.

"Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat."

4.verbTo place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.

"A tooltip appears when you hover over this link."

5.nounThe act of one who hovers.

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