- hanker⇄hanker, verb, noun.
- hanker⇄noun hankerer.
- hanker⇄noun hankering.
- hanker⇄v.i. to have a longing or craving; wish; yearn.
Ex. The lonely child hankered for friends. She hankers after things she cannot afford. What business had he to be hankering after this girl at all! (John Galsworthy).