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glom G0154500 (glŏm) Slang v. glommed, glom·ming, gloms v.intr.1. To grab or hold onto something: The child glommed on to her mother's arm.2. To become attached to something; stick: "The candies had glommed together in the heat" (Porter Shreve).3. a. To focus the attention on or become interested in someone or something: The media glommed on to the heartbreaking story.b. To understand or realize: finally glommed on to the fact that he had been joking.v.tr.1. To cause to adhere; join together: "Hydrogen atoms ... were glommed together by the amazing gravitational forces inside that orb a million kilometers across" (David Campbell).2. To get into one's hands or possession; grab or obtain: glommed the photo off the desk.3. To steal: glommed the necklace from the safe.4. a. To look or stare at: glommed the woman who entered the bar.b. To understand; realize: finally glommed what was going on.
[Probably from Scots glam, to snatch at.]glom (ɡlɒm) vb, gloms, glomming or glommed1. (foll by: on to) to attach oneself to or associate oneself with2. US to acquire, esp without paying[C20: from Scots glaum]glom (glɒm)
v. glommed, glom•ming,
n. Slang. v.t. 1. to steal. 2. to catch or grab. 3. to look at. 4. glom onto, to grab; get hold of. n. 5. a glimpse. [1895–1900; compare Scots glaum, glam to snatch at] Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | glom - take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"cop, snitch, thieve, knock off, hooksteal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" | | 2. | glom - seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater"acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
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glom onto (someone or something)To cling to someone or something. I made a few friends at orientation and glommed onto them until classes started and I met more people.See also: glomglom (someone or something)1. To steal something. That guy looks suspicious—I bet he's gonna try to glom something from the store.2. To look at someone or something. We all glommed the rock star as he made his way through the crowd.3. To arrest someone. After trying to glom these guys for months, we were finally able to bring them into the station tonight.See also: glomglommedslang Arrested. Dude, I hear sirens—we're gonna get glommed if we stay here any longer!See also: glomglom (glɑm)1. tv. to steal something. (Underworld.) He gloms just about everything he needs. 2. tv. to take a look at someone or something. (Underworld.) Come over here and glom the view of the bank from this window. 3. tv. to arrest someone. The copper glommed Fred on Tuesday. glommed (glɑmd) mod. arrested. (Underworld.) Wilmer got glommed on a speeding charge. I didn’t even know he could drive. See also: glomGLOM
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| GLOM➣Gross Lift-Off Mass (US NASA) | | GLOM➣Gigabit LAN-on-Motherboard | | GLOM➣Glenoid Labrum Ovoid Mass (radiology) |
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Related to glom: GlompSynonyms for glomverb take by theftSynonyms- cop
- snitch
- thieve
- knock off
- hook
Related Wordsverb seize upon or latch onto somethingRelated Words |