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hanker
[ hang-ker ]
verb (used without object)
- to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
hanker
/ ˈhæŋkə /
verb
- foll byfor, after, or an infinitive to have a yearning (for something or to do something)
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Derived Forms
- ˈhankering, noun
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Other Words From
- hanker·er noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hanker1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
Love brings exactly the type of fresh-faced diversity the GOP, and by extension, She-PAC desperately hanker for.
I've seen just enough of flying fishes to hanker after Mandalay, just enough of Spaniards to long for a sight of Spain.
"I don't hanker much after the dry job of pumping the colonel," he added, winking at Clifford significantly.
What I really hanker for is to be a painter; and of portraits, on the whole, I think.
I certainly do hanker for about four or five little curly-headed rascals to take on my knee.
If there was one thing he did hanker after, it was southernwood; but he couldn't see her grubbin' up things that way.
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