to gwine
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9.9
To plan to do something soon in informal speech
- verb
- /ɡwaɪn/
- Informal
:
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- I'm gwine to the store later to buy some groceries.
Examples
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Oh, Lord, what I gwine to do now?
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One of dem day the whole uh we gwine eat frog.
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So you can gwine.
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I ain't sure where I am gwine for the holidays.
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If the rain keeps falling, we gwine have to stay indoors.
Synonyms
to going
vsto gwine
∞
1.0
To move or travel from one place to another
is the nonstandard dialect form used to show movement or intention
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Etymology
Gwine is an informal spoken form of going, coming from the simple verb go which means 'to move' or 'to go'. That's why when people say gwine they mean they are 'going' somewhere or plan to go.