English

Alternative forms

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

Phrase

fixing to

1. (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, and […]

Synonyms

• fitting to, going to