hover

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hover/ˈhɒvə(r)/

▶verb

• 1 remain in one place in the air.

• 2 linger near to someone or something in an uncertain manner.

  ■ remain near a particular level or between two states: inflation will hover around the 4 per cent mark.

▶noun an act of hovering.

– derivatives
hoverer noun.

– origin ME: from archaic hove ‘hover, linger’.