hanker

Related to hanker: hanker after

hanker after (something)

To have a very strong, persistent desire or craving for something. I've been hankering after sushi ever since I came back from Tokyo last month. The former heavyweight champion has been hankering after a chance to reclaim her title.
See also: after, hanker

hanker for (something)

To have a very strong, persistent desire or craving for something. I've been hankering for sushi ever since I came back from Tokyo last month. The former heavyweight champion has been hankering for a chance to reclaim her title.
See also: hanker

have a hankering for (something)

To have a very strong, persistent desire or craving for something. I've been having a hankering for sushi ever since I came back from Tokyo last month. The former heavyweight champion has had a hankering for a chance to reclaim her title.
See also: hanker, have
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hanker after someone or something

 and hanker for someone or something
Rur. to want someone or something; to long for someone or something. I hanker after a nice big beefsteak for dinner.
See also: after, hanker
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • hanker after
  • hanker after (something)
  • hanker for (something)
  • have a hankering for (something)
  • have a yen for
  • have a yen for (something)
  • jones
  • be jonesing for (something)
  • jones for (something)
  • have a jones for (something)
References in periodicals archive
There is good reason to question Bense's hypothesis about the origin of English to hanker. Because of the small difference in date between English to hanker (1601) and hungkeren(2) in Kiliaan (1599) -- as if both words were identical - he takes it to be a fact that English to hanker was derived from Dutch: "OED is wrong in stating that the Du.
"You can hanker after some of the values, the sense of community and the simplicity that life presented you with.
Starved of jokes and slathered in sentiment, Grown Ups is a soul-destroying exercise in the mundane about a group of 40-somethings who hanker for a return to the carefree days of the past.
Prince Charles has long made it known he doesn't "hanker" to be King.
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Do you ever hanker to embark On a sentimental journey way Back to your roots Nine times out of 10 there's little left of our childhood homes Familiar street names, yes but Where have all the landmarks gone?
Music Songwriters' Circle (BBC Four, 10pm) FUN as it is watching Lady GaGa parade around the world dressed in casserole ingredients and a fascinator, there is something about the modern pop star that makes genuine musiclovers hanker for something with a bit more heart and soul.
But it seems some fans hanker after the days of Sam Hammam and have been bombarding the City chairman with messages calling for the Lebanese businessman to return.
To say that racecourse trainers hanker for the days of running horses from the backs of lorries with little apparent regard for welfare and integrity is an unfounded slur on the profession.
And, despite her flourishing acting career, Billie has admitted she does still hanker after those days.
While most people hanker after the new car smell, the reality is that the vast majority of the 27 million cars on the road are more likely to reek of fish, vomit and stale milk - made even worse with the hot weather bringing out the worst in any decomposing food lurking under the driver's seat.
If you hanker to improve your lie-catching skills, try gearing up for the challenge by concocting some of your own falsehoods, asserts Bella M.
THE exciting world of theatre is beckoning to those who hanker after a role in panto or a musical.
A planetarium is there too In other parts these things are few Famous people we have them all Most Liverpool lads can kick a ball So if you're born down Liverpool way You'll always hanker to return one day.
Maybe they hanKer for those simpler days of TV when there were only three channels to choose from.
A NEW survey says that 65% of women hanker after Nigella Lawson's hourglass curves.