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单词 glom
释义

glomv.

Brit. /ɡlɒm/, U.S. /ɡlɑm/
Forms: Also glahm.
Etymology: Variant of glaum v.
U.S. slang.
transitive. To steal; to grab, snatch. Also intransitive, usually const. on to.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (transitive)]
pick?c1300
takec1300
fetch1377
bribec1405
usurpc1412
rapc1415
to rap and rendc1415
embezzle1495
lifta1529
pilfer1532
suffurate1542
convey?1545
mill1567
prig1567
strike1567
lag1573
shave1585
knave1601
twitch1607
cly1610
asport1621
pinch1632
snapa1639
nap1665
panyar1681
to carry off1684
to pick up1687
thievea1695
to gipsy away1696
bone1699
make1699
win1699
magg1762
snatch1766
to make off with1768
snavel1795
feck1809
shake1811
nail1819
geach1821
pull1821
to run off1821
smug1825
nick1826
abduct1831
swag1846
nobble1855
reef1859
snig1862
find1865
to pull off1865
cop1879
jump1879
slock1888
swipe1889
snag1895
rip1904
snitch1904
pole1906
glom1907
boost1912
hot-stuff1914
score1914
clifty1918
to knock off1919
snoop1924
heist1930
hoist1931
rabbit1943
to rip off1967
to have off1974
1907 J. London Road vi. 131 We..discovered that our hands were gloved. ‘Where'd ye glahm 'em?’ I asked. ‘Out of an engine-cab,’ he answered.
1914 L. E. Jackson & C. R. Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 38 Glom, to grab; to snatch; to take; implying violence. Example: ‘Glom this short and drop off two blocks below.’
1925 G. H. Mullin Adventures Scholar Tramp xii. 180 I learnt that stealing clothes from a clothes-line is expressed in Hoboland by the hilarious phrase, ‘Glomming the grape-vine’.
1926 Flynn's 16 Jan. 638/1 'Course, th' rule is, glom while th' glomin's good.
1930 Flynn's 25 Jan. 524/1 In his hip-pocket, where even the lowest kind of lush-worker would have no difficulty in glomming it.
1960 J. Philips Whisper Town (1965) ii. v. 105 You think we ought to go out to the school and glom on to that gun?
1969 C. Armstrong Seven Seats to Moon xiii. 126 Trust Lily Eden, though, to glom on to a customer.

Derivatives

ˈglomming n.
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1962 J. Philips Dead Ending (1963) i. i. 7 In the process of glomming onto that property in Venezuela some people got killed.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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