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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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“Yall wanna say I’m acting out cause of things in my childhood. But I don’t get to be a dad.”

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“Obviously you wanna be healthy going into a postseason run,” he said.

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Mead, who is helping on a documentary project about the concert, says recently-found footage reveals "key moments when the band play I Wanna Be Adored and you see the crowd, it's electric".

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I wanna make sure that we’re all working and aligned together, and there’s nobody slipping up because we’re all on this path together.

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It’s a person I barely know ... he goes, you wanna know the good news?

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