fixing to

English

Alternative forms

(Southern US, AAVE) finna
(AAVE) fina, fixna, fitna

Verb

(Southern US, Appalachia and African American Vernacular, informal) Going to; preparing to; about to.
It's fixing to rain. I'm fixing to whoop you if you don't shut up.
- 1925, The Southwestern Reporter, volume 266, page 434:
  Three of us boys, myself, Iver Holt, and Webbie Touchstone crawled upon this board that went across the tank to dive off. I was fixing to, but [one of the other boys] got up there before I did, […]

Synonyms

fitting to, going to

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