hanker
11hanker — han|ker [ hæŋkər ] verb intransitive INFORMAL to have a strong feeling of wanting something: hanker after/for: She had always hankered after thick curly hair. hanker to do something: He hankered to revisit his childhood home …
12hanker — verb To crave, want or desire. If you hanker for chocolate, youll like this fudge recipe …
13hanker — Scottish Vernacular Dictionary A snotter, bogie, especially of the large green variety. Aw don t greet hen, it s only a picture Gie s a lenna yer hanky AH canny How no? Thur a big hanker in it …
14hanker — [[t]hæ̱ŋkə(r)[/t]] hankers, hankering, hankered VERB If you hanker after something, you want it very much. [V after/for n] In 1969 I hankered after a floor length brown suede coat. [Also V to inf] …
15hanker — verb (hanker after/for/to do something) feel a desire for or to do something. Derivatives hankerer noun Origin C17: prob. related to hang …
16hanker — verb hanker after/for phrasal verb (T) to secretly feel that you want something, over a long period: Lucy had always hankered after a place of her own …
17hanker — verb I hanker to go home Syn: yearn, long, crave, desire, wish, want, hunger, thirst, lust, ache, pant, be eager, be desperate, be eating one s heart out; fancy, pine; informal be dying, have a yen, itch …
18hanker — v Usu. hanker after or for long for, yearn for, itch for, hunger for, thirst for, pant for, lust for, Sl. lech after, Inf. yen for, wish for; crave, desire, covet, want, want with all one s heart, set one s heart on, want in the worst way, pine… …
19hanker after — / hanker for [v] desire strongly ache, covet, crave, hunger, itch, long, lust, partial to, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen; concept 20 Ant. dislike, hate …
20hanker for — hanker after / hanker for [v] desire strongly ache, covet, crave, hunger, itch, long, lust, partial to, pine, sigh, thirst, want, wish, yearn, yen; concept 20 Ant. dislike, hate …
