Hanker /(hăṉ"kẽr)/

Han·ker

Hanker

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Hankered; p. pr. & vb. n. Hankering

  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.
    He was hankering to join his friend.
    — J. A. Symonds.
  2. To linger in expectation or with desire.