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Definition of Hankered

Hankered
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.
Hanker
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.

Meaning of Hankered from wikipedia

- Hanker & Cairns was an architectural firm of Memphis, Tennessee. It was formed in 1903 as a partnership of William Julius Hanker (1876-1958) and Baynard...
- stating that "Verma himself would not have accepted" the honour as he "never hankered or lobbied for any acclaim, reward or favour." Kannada novelist K. Shivaram...
- action. They were printed and distributed by the millionĀ ... but the people hankered for more. Favorite pamphlets became dog-eared, grimy, fell apart as their...
- Junior World Trials Championships, but after several years in Trials, he hankered after a different challenge. Jonny began his hard enduro campaign aboard...
- Ute Hankers (born 21 February 1965) is a German former volleyball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
- understood in literary circles to have turned down a knighthood and to have hankered after the more prestigious and exclusive British honour, the Order of Merit...
- Walloon twaddle will have its way: It shan't! This we hope, for this we hanker: this we say and this we vow: as long as we fight back, we: It shan't, It...
- volume of memoirs, and a selection of his magazine articles. He continued to hanker after a revival of his theatrical career. A 1959 off-Broadway revival of...
- to escape justice. It is the misfortune of small, precise men always to hanker after large and flamboyant women. Poirot had never been able to rid himself...
- deviation begins from the times of the Apostles and especially from that hankerer after mastership Paul Hennacy, Ammon (1970). The Book of Ammon. Hennacy...