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hover

/ˈhɒ.və(ɹ)/

noun

Meaning

  • The act of hovering

verb

Meaning

  • To float in the air.

    "The hummingbird hovered by the plant."

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

    "His pen hovered above the paper."

  • To waver, or be uncertain.

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

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

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