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han·ker
 hanker
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- pronunciation:
- haeng
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
hankers, hankering, hankered |
| definition: |
to crave or long for something (often fol. by "for" or "after").
I've been hankering for an ice cream cone since we got to the beach.I hanker for carefree days like we used to have.- similar words:
- ache, crave, hunger, yearn, yen
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| related words: |
aspire, care, long, lust, pant, thirst, want, wish |
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