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

    The act of one who hovers.

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