gonna

Meanings

verb

alternative gon · alternative gon' · alternative gunna · alternative gonner · alternative gunner · alternative Internet gna

auxiliarycolloquialA 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.
2 more examples
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?
1931, Mervyn LeRoy, Little Caesar
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.
1987, Stock Aitken Waterman, “Never Gonna Give You Up”, in Whenever You Need Somebody, performed by Rick Astley, RCA Records

Origin

Englishgoing
Proto-Indo-European*de
Proto-Indo-European*doh₁
Proto-Germanic*tō
Proto-West Germanic*tō
Old Englishtō
Middle Englishto
Englishto
Englishgonna

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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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with gonna

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Sounds the same

gunner (based on the /ˈɡʌn.ə/ pronunciation)goner (based on the /ˈɡɒn.ə/ pronunciation) (non-rhotic)

Anagrams

Anong angon Ongan

Cite this entry

APA

gonna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonna

MLA

“gonna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonna. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gonna,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonna.

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