hoveringn.

/ˈhɒvərɪŋ/

/ˈhʌvərɪŋ/

Etymology: < hover v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of hover v.¹

a. Suspension or poising in the air on fluttering or outstretched wings; lingering about or around, moving to and fro about a person or place. See also hover v.¹ 1c, 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > remaining near

hovering1727

the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [noun] > holding or being held up without support > in the air

hovering1727

hover1893

1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions ix. 178 The hovering or wandering in the Air.

1802 Act 42 Geo. III c. 82 Liable to Forfeiture for hovering, or being found or discovered to have been, within Four Leagues of the Coast.

1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 211 The hovering in the sun of those bright-coloured two-winged flies we sometimes call drones.

1894 J. Le Conte in Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 746 Hovering..always refers to a maintenance of a body in one position in the air;..either by vigorous flapping of the wings, or else..with no motion of the wings at all... I shall..confine the term hovering to the former.

1916 M. A. S. Riach Air-screws ix. 113 The value of (V) is zero, and the machine remains stationary. This is the condition already established for ‘hovering’ flight.

1960 E. L. Houghton & A. E. Brock Aerodynamics viii. 179 In steady hovering, the weight is balanced by the jet thrust and the force due to the ‘cushion’ of air below the craft.

1962 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 17/1 Their hovering manœuvres,..and the transformation in the air to ‘normal’ fast flying fighter planes, marked a new era in the development of aircraft.

b. Motion of a hovercraft while it is supported on an air-cushion: see hover v.¹ 1d.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > riding the waves > riding on cushion of air

cushion-riding1960

hovering1967

1967 Hovercraft World Jan.–Apr. 14/1 We waved good-bye..at 10.15 hours heading for Wexford, 75 miles away. The fog soon lifted and this leg was a straightforward piece of ‘hovering’.

†2. Brooding, incubation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > egg > [noun] > incubation

sittinga1398

broodingc1440

incumbency1651

hovering1672

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. vi. 167 What the Hen by Incubation or Hovering, is to the Egg or Chick.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vi. 280 Many Birds stand in need of the hovering of their Dams Wings..after they are hatched.

3. Hesitation, wavering, suspense.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]

yea-and-nayc1384

vacillationc1400

titteringa1413

stackeringc1440

wondingc1440

fluctuationc1450

waver1519

mammering1532

uncertainty1548

wavering1548

to and fro1553

suspense1560

staggering1565

suspension1568

mammery1578

demur1581

branle1591

dilly-dally1592

hesitance1601

irresolution1601

uncertainness1601

undecision1611

waveringness1614

hesitancy1617

unsettledness1619

hesitation1622

unresolvednessa1626

doubleness of minda1628

wavinga1628

swagging1636

poise1637

mambling1640

stickagea1647

vacillancy1668

whifflinga1677

hovering1679

unresolve1679

irresoluteness1686

shilly-shally1755

indecisiona1763

undecisiveness1779

indecisiveness1793

oscillation1798

flexility1815

shilly-shallying1842

swaying1850

Hamletism1852

teeter1855

havering1866

off and on1875

dilly-dallying1879

double-mindedness1881

hesitatingness1890

dither1958

1679 T. Oates True Narr. Horrid Plot Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v The Arts and Hoverings..used in vain..to suppress and traduce the Evidence.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. vi. 114 A new play had just been acted, and the conversation, after a few preliminary hoverings, settled upon it.

4. The practice of smuggling.

ΚΠ

1907 Westm. Gaz. 21 Feb. 5/1 The fraud charged against them was that of taking, hovering, and dealing in saccharin, which was subject to duty.

1908 H. Atton & H. H. Holland King's Customs 198 The officers..were directed [in 1727] to make the master enter into a ‘hovering bond’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

hoveringadj.

Etymology: < hover v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That hovers:

a. That hangs poised in the air; that floats or hangs about a particular spot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adjective] > held up without support > in the air

poising?1473

pendentc1600

pensile1605

pendulous1608

hovering1630

1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 100 The soaring Kyte..to the Arke the houering Castrill brings.

1756 W. Mason Odes iii. 18 He, too, perchance, when these poor limbs are laid, Will heave one tuneful sigh, and sooth my hov'ring shade.

1865 H. W. Longfellow Divina Comm. iii The hovering echoes fly from tomb to tomb.

1875 E. H. Sears Serm. & Songs 8 Hovering and protecting wings.

b. Hesitating, wavering; uncertain.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]

twiredec888

orrathc1175

twofoldc1175

twifoldc1200

waveringc1315

uncertain1382

suspensec1440

mammeringa1450

flowing?1504

floghtering1521

vacillant1521

in a mammering1532

double-minded1552

unstaid1561

unresolute1570

unresolved?1571

staggeringa1577

frittle1579

irresolute1579

cheverel1583

off and on1583

halting1585

unsettleda1593

unresolving1599

demurring1607

waving1611

suspensive1614

hoveringa1616

startling1619

irresolved1621

hesitating1622

indetermined1628

variousa1643

branling1645

hesitant1647

non-sincere1656

hesitatious1657

humdrum1660

shuttlecock1660

yea-and-nay1672

swaying1688

interpendent1708

undetermined1718

Squadronec1720

hesitatorya1734

volanta1734

shilly-shally1734

dilly-dally1749

niffy-naffy1765

wiggle-waggle1778

undecided1779

undecisive1780

indecisive1787

conflicted1789

hesitative1795

undeciding1802

vacillating1814

yea-nay1827

demurrant1836

willy-nilly1839

shilly-shallying1842

oscillative1852

Hamletish1854

vacillatory1854

dilly-dallying1879

thistledown1897

weak-principled1913

not-quite1920

off-again on-again1923

dithery1931

havering1975

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 304 A houering Temporizer.

1635 Sir H. Wotton in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. III. 220 We have stoode..in a kinde of hovering conceypt that your Lordship would be shortly heere in person.

Derivatives

ˈhoveringly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adverb] > in the air

hoveringly1818

1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 91 Let the sounds Of our close voices marry at their birth; Let us entwine hoveringly.

1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 151 390/1 Her little white feet skimmed so hoveringly over the floor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	hovering
释义	hoveringn. /ˈhɒvərɪŋ//ˈhʌvərɪŋ/ Etymology: < hover v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of hover v.¹ 1. a. Suspension or poising in the air on fluttering or outstretched wings; lingering about or around, moving to and fro about a person or place. See also hover v.¹ 1c, 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun] > remaining near hovering1727 the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [noun] > holding or being held up without support > in the air hovering1727 hover1893 1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions ix. 178 The hovering or wandering in the Air. 1802 Act 42 Geo. III c. 82 Liable to Forfeiture for hovering, or being found or discovered to have been, within Four Leagues of the Coast. 1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 211 The hovering in the sun of those bright-coloured two-winged flies we sometimes call drones. 1894 J. Le Conte in Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 746 Hovering..always refers to a maintenance of a body in one position in the air;..either by vigorous flapping of the wings, or else..with no motion of the wings at all... I shall..confine the term hovering to the former. 1916 M. A. S. Riach Air-screws ix. 113 The value of (V) is zero, and the machine remains stationary. This is the condition already established for ‘hovering’ flight. 1960 E. L. Houghton & A. E. Brock Aerodynamics viii. 179 In steady hovering, the weight is balanced by the jet thrust and the force due to the ‘cushion’ of air below the craft. 1962 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 17/1 Their hovering manœuvres,..and the transformation in the air to ‘normal’ fast flying fighter planes, marked a new era in the development of aircraft. b. Motion of a hovercraft while it is supported on an air-cushion: see hover v.¹ 1d. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > riding the waves > riding on cushion of air cushion-riding1960 hovering1967 1967 Hovercraft World Jan.–Apr. 14/1 We waved good-bye..at 10.15 hours heading for Wexford, 75 miles away. The fog soon lifted and this leg was a straightforward piece of ‘hovering’. †2. Brooding, incubation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > egg > [noun] > incubation sittinga1398 broodingc1440 incumbency1651 hovering1672 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. vi. 167 What the Hen by Incubation or Hovering, is to the Egg or Chick. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. vi. 280 Many Birds stand in need of the hovering of their Dams Wings..after they are hatched. 3. Hesitation, wavering, suspense. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 1679 T. Oates True Narr. Horrid Plot Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v The Arts and Hoverings..used in vain..to suppress and traduce the Evidence. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. vi. 114 A new play had just been acted, and the conversation, after a few preliminary hoverings, settled upon it. 4. The practice of smuggling. ΚΠ 1907 Westm. Gaz. 21 Feb. 5/1 The fraud charged against them was that of taking, hovering, and dealing in saccharin, which was subject to duty. 1908 H. Atton & H. H. Holland King's Customs 198 The officers..were directed [in 1727] to make the master enter into a ‘hovering bond’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019). hoveringadj. Etymology: < hover v.¹ + -ing suffix². That hovers: a. That hangs poised in the air; that floats or hangs about a particular spot. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adjective] > held up without support > in the air poising?1473 pendentc1600 pensile1605 pendulous1608 hovering1630 1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 100 The soaring Kyte..to the Arke the houering Castrill brings. 1756 W. Mason Odes iii. 18 He, too, perchance, when these poor limbs are laid, Will heave one tuneful sigh, and sooth my hov'ring shade. 1865 H. W. Longfellow Divina Comm. iii The hovering echoes fly from tomb to tomb. 1875 E. H. Sears Serm. & Songs 8 Hovering and protecting wings. b. Hesitating, wavering; uncertain. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 304 A houering Temporizer. View more context for this quotation 1635 Sir H. Wotton in Lismore Papers (1888) 2nd Ser. III. 220 We have stoode..in a kinde of hovering conceypt that your Lordship would be shortly heere in person. Derivatives ˈhoveringly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > absence of support > [adverb] > in the air hoveringly1818 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 91 Let the sounds Of our close voices marry at their birth; Let us entwine hoveringly. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 151 390/1 Her little white feet skimmed so hoveringly over the floor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1672adj.a1616
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