hover

/ˈhɒ.və(ɹ)//ˈhʌ.vɚ/

noun

  1. 1

    The act of hovering

verb

  1. 1

    To float in the air.

    The hummingbird hovered by the plant.
  2. 2

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

    His pen hovered above the paper.
  3. 3

    To waver, or be uncertain.

    Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.
  4. 4

    To place the cursor over a hyperlink or icon without clicking.

    A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.

noun

  1. 1

    A cover; a shelter; a protection.

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