glom
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glom

transitive verb \ˈgläm\
glommedglom·ming

Definition of GLOM

1
: take, steal
2
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

Rhymes with GLOM

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