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hankering
(encz) | hankering,dychtění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Hankering
(gcide) | Hanker \Han"ker\ (h[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Hankered (-k[~e]rd); 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.
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He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A.
Symonds.
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2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray.
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hankering
(wn) | hankering
n 1: a yearning for something or to do something [syn:
hankering, yen] |
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Hankering
(gcide) | Hanker \Han"ker\ (h[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Hankered (-k[~e]rd); 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.
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He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A.
Symonds.
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2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray.
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Hankeringly
(gcide) | Hankeringly \Han"ker*ing*ly\, adv.
In a hankering manner.
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