Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hanker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hanker
v : desire strongly or persistently [syn: {long}, {yearn}]
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