hanker
[hang-ker]
verb (used without object)
to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
Origin of hanker
1595–1605; < early Dutch dialect hankeren (cognate with Dutch hunkeren), frequentative of hangen to hang
Synonyms for hanker
See yearn.
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Related Words for hanker
yearn, crave, itch, yen, wish, covet, hunger, pine, lust, long, want, sigh, ache, thirstExamples from the Web for hanker
Historical Examples of hanker
There's days when I feel uneasy every minute and hanker for a deck underneath me.
Cy Whittaker's PlaceJoseph C. Lincoln
I was too busy to hanker for a stump speech, so I cut across his bows.
The Depot MasterJoseph C. Lincoln
Here, by Godfreys, they don't give us no time to hanker for nothin'.
Galusha the MagnificentJoseph C. Lincoln
If you hanker to go to Boston, go you shall, and no thanks to me.
NobodyLouis Joseph Vance
Trivial might some say who hanker after giantesque composition.
Adventures in the ArtsMarsden Hartley
hanker
verb
Word Origin for hanker
C17: probably from Dutch dialect hankeren
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