hanker
Use Hanker in a sentence
kər verb (used without object)
to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
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| —vb (foll by for, after, | |
| to have a yearning (for something or to do something) | |
| [C17: probably from Dutch dialect hankeren] | |
| 'hankering | |
| —n | |
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Hanker
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is yaff. Does it mean:
| to bark; yelp. |
| to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
hanker
c.1600, probably from Flem. hankeren, related to Du. hunkeren "to hanker," perhaps intens. of M.Du. hangen "to hang." The notion is of "lingering about" with longing or craving.
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Example sentences
For those who hanker after extraterrestrial life that is a pity.
Sometimes the bread would come up in fair shape, and then not so anyone would hanker or it.
At the same time as the useful life of consumer goods becomes shorter, consumers hanker after goods that endure.
Some manufacturers promise to strengthen them as if they secretly hanker to lift weights.
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