Hovering

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who hovers. countable, uncountable

    "Their visitor was an issue - at least to the imagination, and they arrived finally, under provocation, at intensities of flutter in which they felt themselves so compromised by his hoverings that they could only consider with relief the fact of nobody's knowing."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hover form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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flittingflutteringflyingpoised

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"The helicopter is hovering overhead."

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