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glom

[ glom ]

verb (used with object)

, glommed, glom·ming.
  1. to steal.
  2. to catch or grab.
  3. to look at.


noun

  1. a look or glimpse.

verb phrase

  1. to take hold or possession of:

    He wanted to glom onto some of that money.

glom

/ ɡlɒm /

verb

  1. trfoll byon to to attach oneself to or associate oneself with
  2. to acquire, esp without paying
“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 glom1

1895–1900, Americanism; compare Scots glaum, glam to snatch at, glammis jaws of a vise, apparently < Scots Gaelic glàm to grab, clutch, influenced by clam 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of glom1

C20: from Scots glaum
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Example Sentences

It also helps nanocellulose glom onto the cotton used to make denim.

With GLOM, Hinton combines the best aspects of both approaches.

I'll go as far as the next man and we'll glom that black coral if we have to slaughter every man, woman, and child on the island.

"Glom a shovel for me and get an ax and pick and I'll be right with you," Angus told him.

That one to ‘glom’ all the land between Willow Creek and the mountain.

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