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wanna

[ won-uh, waw-nuh ]

Informal.
  1. want to:

    I wanna get out of here.

  2. want a:

    Wanna beer?



wanna

/ ˈɒə /

verb

  1. a spelling of want to intended to reflect a dialectal or informal pronunciation

    I wanna go home

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wanna1

A phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of want to or want a in continuous rapid speech
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Example Sentences

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But I always thought, I wanna write plays, or screenplays, because that felt more in my wheelhouse.

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I feel like I wanna take notes.

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But if I f**king see one . . . like cats, now look, I wanna keep my cat stuff pretty low profile, because cat people are crazy.

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They can see I love birds and that I wanna go back to it.

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"I don’t even know some of the ways I might be able to help, but I wanna be ready to do it when it shows up."

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