HANKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hanker mean? 

• HANKER (verb)
  The verb HANKER has 1 sense:

1. desire strongly or persistently

  Familiarity information: HANKER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANKER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hanker    ... he / she / it hankers   
Past simple: hankered   
Past participle: hankered   
-ing form: hankering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Desire strongly or persistently

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

hanker; long; yearn

Hypernyms (to "hanker" is one way to...):

desire; want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hanker"):

ache; languish; pine; yearn; yen (have a desire for something or someone who is not present)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They hanker to move

Derivation:

hankering (a yearning for something or to do something)

 Context examples 

Either way, you will be hankering for another jaunt as soon as next month or in May.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“I’m not hankering to be the man that lays hands on you while he’s around,” Pete announced conclusively, nodding his head toward Buck.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)