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hanker

han·ker [ hángkər ] (past and past participle han·kered, present participle han·ker·ing, 3rd person present singular han·kers)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
want something: to want something very badly and persistently
hankers after something she can't have

[Early 17th century. Origin ?]
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