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Definition of Hankering

Hankering
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 Hankering from wikipedia

- crazed version of autodestructive white America at its most solipsistic, hankering after its own lost origins". Film critic Pauline Kael coined the term...
- doesn't entirely smooth over its familiarity but ought to satisfy those hankering for absolute Dad Cinema." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, ****igned...
- 2015. Retrieved May 5, 2015. "The History of the American Log Home". Hankering for History. April 27, 2016. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021...
- hankering for advancement in devotional service is not the same as hankering for sense gratification in material existence. In other words, hankering...
- Day" Turned Out To Be A Nightmare For The Actor. His Furry Co-star Had A Hankering For His Blood". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original...
- even though it may lack the usual attractions of that genre. Anyone hankering for startling revelations or amusing anecdotes had better look elsewhere...
- writing for Drowned in Sound, observed that "Kendrick’s experimental hankering is constantly in flux. He spends the entirety of the record fusing seemingly...
- noise about social equality, giving the White people the idea that we are hankering after their company, and get down to business and build up a strong race...
- of Javier lied on the damp cement of the comfort room, another gunman, hankering for a kill, unmasked himself and made a shrill outcry - 'Can you recognize...
- expressing the belief that the dish was devised by Scottish regiments hankering for the tastes of India. By the 19th century, Kedgeree had become a sophisticated...