Definitions for hanker
ˈhæŋ kərhan·ker

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hanker, long, yearnverb

   desire strongly or persistently

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hankerverb

   To crave, want or desire.

   If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Hankerverb

   To long importunately; to have an incessant wish.

   Etymology: hankeren, Dutch.

   And now the saints began their reign,
   For which th’ had yearn’d so long in vain,
   And felt such bowel hankerings,
   To see an empire all of kings. Hudibras, p. iii. cant. 2.

   Among women and children, care is to be taken that they get not a hankering after these juggling astrologers and fortune-tellers. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   The shepherd would be a merchant, and the merchant hankers after something else. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   Do’st thou not hanker after a greater liberty in some things? If not, there’s no better sign of a good resolution. Edmund Calamy.

   The wife is an old coquette, that is always hankering after the diversions of the town. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   The republick that fell under the subjection of the duke of Florence, still retains many hankerings after its ancient liberty. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hanker

   To hanker is to have a strong desire or an intense longing for something. It refers to the feeling of wanting something very much, often something that you have wanted for a long time and can't stop thinking about.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hankerverb

   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

2. Hankerverb

   to linger in expectation or with desire

3. Etymology: [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hanker

   hangk′ėr, v.i. to long for with eagerness: to linger about (with after, for).—n. Hank′ering, a lingering craving for something. [A freq. of hang, in sense to hang on; cf. Dut. hunkeren.]

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1. • Desire

Anagrams for hanker »

1. harken

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hanker in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hanker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of hanker in a Sentence

1. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Never hanker for others to make your life beautiful, orchestrate your life and celebrate in your own aliveness. Thats HEAVEN, thats Godliness! - Ramana Pemmaraju

2. Thomas Gomart:

   They want The US to lean in more, we know they're doing a great deal with countries, including developing countries, bilaterally... but a lot of countries hanker after the decisive Thomas Gomart effort that we saw when the Berlin Wall came down. A lot of countries believe this is one of those pivotal moments in history and The US has always led at those times.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=hanker
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hanker
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=hanker
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hanker
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=hanker