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hoverer

 [huhv-er, hov-]   Origin

hov·er

   [huhv-er, hov-]
verb (used without object)
1.
to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
2.
to keep lingering about; wait near at hand.
3.
to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver: to hover between life and death.
noun
4.
the act or state of hovering.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English hoveren, frequentative of hoven to hover < ?

Related forms
hov·er·er, noun
hov·er·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. See fly1. 3. falter, pause, fluctuate.

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hover (ˈhɒvə)
 
—vb
1.  (intr) to remain suspended in one place
2.  (intr) (of certain birds, esp hawks) to remain in one place in the air by rapidly beating the wings
3.  (intr) to linger uncertainly in a nervous or solicitous way
4.  (intr) to be in a state of indecision: she was hovering between the two suitors
5.  (tr) computing to hold (the mouse pointer) over a defined area on a web page without clicking, in order to cause a menu, information box, etc to appear
 
—n
6.  the act of hovering
 
[C14: hoveren, variant of hoven, of obscure origin]
 
'hoverer
 
—n
 
'hoveringly
 
—adv

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hover
c.1400, hoveren, frequentative of hoven "hover, tarry, linger" (mid-13c.), of unknown origin, chiefly nautical at first, of ships standing off a coast. Hovercraft first attested 1959; a proprietary name after 1961.
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