[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- As present participle: going. In progressive constructions sometimes with zero auxiliary.

- Followed by to -infinitive: going to. With zero auxiliary (gwine to).

- With auxiliary be (be gwine to).

- With zero auxiliary (functioning as a simple modal auxiliary).

- With auxiliary be (be gwine).


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century; earliest use found in Alexander Brome (1620–1666), poet and lawyer. Representing a regional pronunciation of going, present participle of go