hanker

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Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

hank=er

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hanker, v. i. [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.].

To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. Addison. [1913 Webster]
"He was hankering to join his friend." [1913 Webster]
To linger in expectation or with desire. Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

hanker, v.intr. (foll. by for, after, or to + infin.) long for; crave.

Derivative

hankerer n. hankering n.

Etymology

obs. hank, prob. rel. to HANG

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THESAURUS

hanker

ache, covet, crave, desire, fancy, hunger, hunger after, hunger for, itch for, long for, lust, lust after, lust for, pine, pine for, sigh, thirst, thirst after, thirst for, want, wish, yearn, yearn for, yen

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