hankering

[ hang-ker-ing ]

noun

1. a longing; craving.

   Synonyms: thirst, yen, hunger, yearning, need, desire

Other Words From

• hanker·ing·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of hankering¹

First recorded in 1655–65; hanker + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

If you have a hankering for a hamburger, math may have some timesaving cooking tips for you.

From Science News

That leaves free-tier Google users with indefinitely mediocre search capabilities and a hankering for a savory snack.

From Popular-Science

If you have a hankering for a post-workout refreshment in Back Bay, hit up Jugos and Supremo—an all-natural juice and smoothie bar with a few small bites.

From Outside Online

Isaacman, the 37-year-old billionaire founder of online payment processing provider Shift4 payments, is a private pilot who always had a hankering to go to space.

From Time

Some would no doubt keep dancing as they waited for the L train, hankering for the next episode of Morning Gloryville.

From The Daily Beast

Indeed, this is not the kind of shop that would appeal to the 50-something woman with a hankering for flash and sizzle.

From The Daily Beast

But Israelis and Palestinians don't vote in U.S. elections, whether they're hankering for peace or not.

From The Daily Beast

Why go patrolling with a nine-millimeter pistol if you are not angrily hankering to use it?

From The Daily Beast

Food Destination Hankering for some sun and sand right here in the States?

From The Daily Beast

He had seen men in that mood before, and he had no hankering for trouble which is vastly easier to start than it is to stop.

From Project Gutenberg

There's the widow Babbage, down to Dock: she always had a hankering for you.

From Project Gutenberg

Anyhow Im not hankering to go pushin on with that redoubt bunch shootin holes in my back, which theyd surely do.

From Project Gutenberg

I have always had a hankering after this sort of life, and I find it was a true instinct of what would suit me.

From Project Gutenberg

Wagner still had a hankering after imposing spectacle and brilliant choral writing.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• craving
• pining
• yearning