Definitions for hovers

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hovers hov·er

Spelling: [huhv-er, hov-]

IPA: /ˈhʌv ər, ˈhɒv-/

Hovers is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in hovers (ehorsv).

Definitions for hovers

noun

1. the act or state of hovering.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to hover.
2. Computers. to place (a pointer) over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping.

verb (used without object)

1. to hang fluttering or suspended in the air:
2. to keep lingering about; wait near at hand.
3. to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver:
4. Computers. to place a pointer over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping, as with a mouse or stylus:

Origin of hovers

1350-1400; Middle English hoveren, frequentative of hoven to hover, of obscure origin

Examples for hovers

Not to mention the untold number of families who hover just one medical crisis or job loss away from financial ruin.

INTERACTIVE: hover over markers for more from each range on their age and firearm restrictions for children.

That hover o'er the meeting-halls, Where many a voice stentorian bawls!

Special suits allow you and your team to hover over gaps and jump to superhuman heights.

Corrected misprints are noted by hover information in the text.

Anthony would not come and hover silently at my bedside in the middle of the night.

But whispers about his past hover like a threatening storm over his papacy.

After seeming to hover for a time on the verge of a great truth, we have gained only a truism.

His approval ratings, improbably, hover around the 40 percent mark.

I hover over my racked body like a ghost, and exist in an interregnum.