CRAVE, CRAVING
ADJECTIVES
► GAGGING desperately craving something, as a cigarette, drink, or sex → 1997 UK sl.
► HAINISH ► HAYNISH craving for a thing; greedy, ravenous → 1888 Eng. dial.
► HANKLING having a craving or desire for → 19C Eng. dial.
► TITILLATING craving, hankering; itching, tingling → 1858
NOUNS
► FIX what a person craves or needs → 1993 US sl.
► HANKLING a craving after; a hankering → 19C Eng. dial.
► JONES an intense craving or desire → 2005 African-American sl.
► LETCH a craving, a longing → 1796
► MENKIN a craving, a longing → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TICKLING a craving, a hankering, an uneasy desire; an ‘itching’ to do something → 1553
► YEN an intense craving, esp. for a drug; an addiction → 1876 UK sl.
VERBS
► ATTER to crave, to desire, to long after → 1929 Sc.
► CRY CUPBOARD to crave food; to feel hungry → 1681 obs.
► CRY FOR THE MOON to crave for the impossible; to want something that you cannot reach or have → 1903 (Bk.)
► GALLA to crave, to desire very mush, esp. of food → 1960s S. Afr. sl.
► HONE to desire with craving → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► JONES to crave or desire intensely → 2005 African-American sl.
► YAM to crave, to long for → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► YAMMER to crave, to long for, to yearn → 1705 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
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