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hanker

[ hang-ker ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).


hanker

/ ˈ³óæŋ°ìÉ™ /

verb

  1. foll byfor, after, or an infinitive to have a yearning (for something or to do something)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³ó²¹²Ô°ì±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³ó²¹²Ôk±ð°ù·±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hanker1

First recorded in 1595–1605; from early Dutch dialect hankeren (cognate with Dutch hunkeren ), frequentative of hangen “to hangâ€; hang
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hanker1

C17: probably from Dutch dialect hankeren
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Synonym Study

See yearn.
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Example Sentences

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He had always had a hankering after driving for Ferrari and he has a close relationship with their team boss Frederic Vasseur, which dates back 20 years to their time in the junior categories together.

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It's not clear any party is hankering after an early test of public opinion.

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Not that there is much hankering for the "halcyon" days of Tory levelling up.

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Meanwhile, Democrats will spend 2025 doing what many of them hankered to do in 2024: Look for new leadership, new direction and new ideas.

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At the centre in Damascus, formerly an office of Assad's Baath Party, hundreds of men were thronging to the gate, hankering to be let in.

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