Hanker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hanker	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Hanker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hanker v desire strongly or persistently [syn: hanker, long, yearn]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hanker \Han"ker\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hankered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hankering}.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.] 1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. --Addison. He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A. Symonds. 2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray.