Hanker
Hanker (han"kẽr) , intransitive verb
[Probably from hang; compare Dutch hunkeren, hengelen.]
1.
To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. — Addison
He was hankering to join his friend.
2.
To linger in expectation or with desire. — Thackeray