hankering
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Hankering
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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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 | |
| hanker (ˈhæŋkə) | |
| —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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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
It seems the coyote was hankering for another kind of fast food.
If you're hankering for stew, you can always throw a few cubes of pumpkin into the pot.
And you know you'll be back, but you're hankering for places a bit more out of the way.
Americans, for example, seem to be hankering for isolationism.
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