单词 | glom |
释义 | glomv. U.S. slang. transitive. To steal; to grab, snatch. Also intransitive, usually const. on to. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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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