hanker

/ˈhæŋkər/ verb

Translation

hanker after/for sth phrasal verb

› to want something very much, especially over a long period of time

arzulamak, özlemini çekmek

I might buy him that CD player he's been hankering after.928

(Definition of hanker verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

everything that exists or is possible

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