1. 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.