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gonna

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6
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9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ɡən.ə/
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/ɡən.ə/ · /ˈɡʌn.ə/(US) · /ˈɡɔn.ə/(US) · [ɡõ]

Definition of gonna

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (auxiliary, colloquial)A modal used to express a future action that is being planned or prepared for in the present.
    “I'm gonna hafta find a new job soon.”
    “Well, you ain't got much longer to laugh. I'm coming, and I'm gonna put one in your dirty hide for every lying crack that you made about me, see?”
    “Never gonna give you up, / Never gonna let you down, / Never gonna run around and desert you. / Never gonna make you cry, / Never gonna say goodbye, / Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.”

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Etymology

Contraction of going to. Attested since 1913 (OED, "gonna"). The pronunciation of present participles with the sound n rather than ng has a long history (see g-dropping on Wikipedia).

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