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Webster 1913 Edition
Hanker
Han′ker
(hăṉ′kẽr)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hankered
(-kẽrd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hankering
.] [Prob. fr.
hang
; cf. D. hunkeren
, hengelen
.] 1.
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.
He was
hankering
to join his friend. J. A. Symonds.
2.
To linger in expectation or with desire.
Thackeray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hanker
HANK'ER
, v.i.1.
To long for with a keen appetite and uneasiness; in a literal sense; as, to hanker for fruit, or after fruit.2.
To have a vehement desire of something, accompanied with uneasiness; as, to hanker after the diversions of the town. It is usually followed by after. It is a familiar, but not a low word.
Definition 2024
hanker
hanker
English
Verb
hanker (third-person singular simple present hankers, present participle hankering, simple past and past participle hankered)
- To crave, want or desire.
- If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.
- 2012, The Economist, 13 Oct 2012, Butlers: Very good, sir
- [...] the newly rich hanker after old aristocratic glitz.
Translations
to want
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