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 Definitions of hanker  [ˈhæŋ kər]  

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Definition of 'hanker' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) hanker
to have a restless or incessant longing (often fol. by after, for, or an infinitive).

Etymology:  (1595–1605; < early D dial. hankeren (c. D hunkeren), freq. of hangen to hang)

Definition of 'hanker' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) hanker, long, yearn
desire strongly or persistently


Definition of 'hanker' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) hanker
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. (verb) hanker
to linger in expectation or with desire


Translation of 'hanker' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (withafterorfor) to want (something)
He was hankering after the bright lights of the city.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hunker Arabic flag Arabic: يتوق كثيرا إلى Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: жадувам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ansiar por Czech flag Czech: toužit (po) German flag German: sich sehnen
Danish flag Danish: længes efter; drømme om Greek flag Greek: λαχταρώ, αποζητώ Spanish flag Spanish: anhelar, desear, ansiar
Estonian flag Estonian: igatsema Farsi flag Farsi: با اشتياق منتظر بودن Finnish flag Finnish: haikailla
French flag French: désirer ardemment (qqch.) Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִשתוֹקֵק Hindi flag Hindi: लालायित होना
Croatian flag Croatian: ceznuti Hungarian flag Hungarian: vágyódik Indonesian flag Indonesian: mendambakan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þrá, girnast, langa Italian flag Italian: bramare, desiderare arden Japanese flag Japanese: 渇望する
Korean flag Korean: 갈망하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: trokšti, ilgėtis, svajoti Latvian flag Latvian: ilgoties; kārot
Malay flag Malay: teringin sangat hendak Dutch flag Dutch: hunkeren, haken naar Norwegian flag Norwegian: hige/lengte etter, drømme
Polish flag Polish: wzdychać do Persian flag Persian: با اشتياق منتظر بودن Pashto flag Pashto: غوښتل ليوال كيدل ، اشتياق
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ansiar por Romanian flag Romanian: a tânji (după) Russian flag Russian: жаждать, тосковать
Slovak flag Slovak: túžiť (po) Slovenian flag Slovenian: hrepeneti Serbian flag Serbian: žudeti
Swedish flag Swedish: längta (tråna) efter Thai flag Thai: อยากได้เป็นอย่างมาก Turkish flag Turkish: arzulamak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 渴求 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: прагнути Urdu flag Urdu: آرزو کرنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: aoước Chinese flag Chinese: 渴望,追求

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