hanker after

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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Malloy	['mæləri]
Irinei	-	Russian
Laurita	low-REE-tah	Spanish
Mahmud	-	Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Kaelea	KAY-lee	English (Rare)
Bede	BEED (English)	History