Definition of “hankering”

After The Stranglers had made three albums, we developed a hankering to record somewhere other than the UK.

Batistuta hopes to see out his four years with Fiorentina -- and he is still hankering for a taste of the Premiership.

Forgot birthdays, mealtimes, hair appointments, anniversaries, all in a miasma of other-worldly hankering.

Go clear out the dishwasher, if you're still hankering for something to do.

I mean, I reckon I look and act like a Terry, not a Bob, but I always had a secret hankering to be a (you guessed it) Bill.

It is not possible to go back in time, so you should not waste time hankering after something you cannot have.

Poor Paitoo, his colonial hankering of better days destroyed at the door of the choo.

Too bad if the car upgrade, or the Swatch watch you were hankering after, won't happen next month.

When a mummy doesn't feel so yummy she might just find herself hankering for a little bit on the side.