English to Yoruba Meaning of hankering


Hankering :
yen (a yearning for something or to do something) Facebook Twitter Linkedin Gmail Share More
Hanker :
hanker
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Verb(1) desire strongly or persistently

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(1) Right now it's just after 9am on the East Coast, so many of you are probably just settling in to your chairs with some hot coffee and a hankering to do something other than work.(2) This really got a lot of these cocktail hankerers together in a real way.(3) I still cannot figure out why the machine dials the Internet every 15 minutes; I've checked every program that hankers to be online, and they all insist they're guiltless.(4) Prerequisites are a willingness to experiment, a desire to play, and a hankering to shake up preconceived notions about your art and photography.(5) I still hanker to return home with my family one day but my view of NZ when I was growing up in the 1970's is dead and buried.(6) So, if you have a hankering to be creative and would like to makeover your home this spring, or you have a sewing machine stashed away that you never quite got round to using then this could be the opportunity you have been waiting for.(7) Transcribing and translating all this for English-language HK hankerers is Saskatoon, Saskatchewan's own Sanney Leung.(8) ÔÇÿI know he had a hankering to be hands-on again,ÔÇÖ says McLeish.(9) I had a hankering to resume the game of guessing songs again, although straining to hear other people's personal stereos in the gym is not only sadder than doing it on the bus but it makes you look stupid.(10) Are you hankering to increase your knowledge of lesser psychedelic bands or the maybe just dig up some information on Holland, Dozier and Hollands' ill fated seventies soul label?(11) I want no philosopher queen or king, no prophet exuding revealed truth, no mesmerising Pied Piper, no hawker of appealing mirages, no self-absorbed hankerer for power.(12) The main drag for the fashion hankerer is Strand Arcade in the heart of town.(13) I spent almost the whole day sleeping, which was decidedly lovely, and I've been hankering to play Civilization: Call to Power for a couple of days, so despite a long To Do List, that's what I'm going to do.(14) To be honest, I'm hankering to work on some of my ÔÇÿrealÔÇÖ writing for a bit, maybe putting out two new books using that cool new Cafe Press publishing service.(15) He is also an unrepentantly laid-back hankerer for the surf-and-grass California scene.
Related Words
(1) hanker after ::
hanker lẹhin
Synonyms
Verb
1. yearn ::
yearn
2. long ::
gun
3. crave ::
crave
4. desire ::
ifẹ
5. wish ::
fẹ
6. want ::
fẹ
7. hunger ::
ebi
8. thirst ::
oungbe
9. lust ::
ifẹkufẹ
10. ache ::
ache
11. pant ::
pant
12. be eager ::
jẹ ni itara
13. be desperate ::
jẹ desperate
15. fancy ::
Fancy
16. pine ::
Pine
17. be dying ::
wa ni ku
18. have a yen ::
ni a yeni
19. itch ::
itch
Different Forms
hanker, hankered, hankering, hankerings, hankers
Word Example from TV Shows

The best way to learn proper English is to read news report, and watch news on TV. Watching TV shows is a great way to learn casual English, slang words, understand culture reference and humor. If you have already watched these shows then you may recall the words used in the following dialogs.

If y'all don't mind,
I got a hankering for a Lone Star Beer.

If y'all don't mind, I got a HANKERING for a Lone Star Beer.

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 1


Please? I got a real hankering.

Please? I got a real HANKERING.

The Big Bang Theory Season 3, Episode 10


and I have a hankering
for Swedish meatballs.

and I have a HANKERING for Swedish meatballs.

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 15


Next time I have a hankering to
wash down a D-cell battery

Next time I have a HANKERING to wash down a D-cell battery

The Big Bang Theory Season 5, Episode 20


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