glom

glom

transitive verb \ˈgläm\

glommedglom·ming

Definition of GLOM

1

: take, steal

2

: seize, catch

— glom on to

: to grab hold of : appropriate to oneself <glommed on to her ideas>

Examples of GLOM

1. <the manager glommed the shoplifter just as she was about to bolt out of the store>

Origin of GLOM

alteration of English dialect glaum to grab

First Known Use: 1907

Related to GLOM

Synonyms

bag, capture, collar, cop [slang], corral, get, catch, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, nobble [British slang], rap, seize, snag, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap

Antonyms

miss

Related Words

glove, halter, lasso, rope; apprehend, arrest, detain; bay, corner; clasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), secure; rend, wrest; enmesh (also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, mesh; abduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off)

Near Antonyms

discharge, free, liberate, release; drop, loosen, unhand

Rhymes with GLOM

bomb, bombe, calm, gaum, Guam, mom, palm, Pom, pram, prom, psalm, ROM, tom