Hanker
/ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/ verb
verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To crave, want or desire.
"If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe."
- 2 desire strongly or persistently wordnet
Example
More examples"I never hanker for a cheeseburger."
Etymology
With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative.