noun
- a strong desire or craving for something
Examples
- She had a hankering for chocolate cake all afternoon.
- After years in the city, he developed a hankering for country life.
- I’ve always had a hankering to learn how to play the piano.
- The smell of fresh bread gave her a sudden hankering for homemade cookies.
- Despite his diet, he couldn’t shake his hankering for pizza.
- She felt a hankering to travel somewhere exotic this summer.