GLOM (glommed, glomming)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected forms: glommed    , glomming   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does glom mean? 

• GLOM (verb)
  The verb GLOM has 2 senses:

1. take by theft

2. seize upon or latch onto something

  Familiarity information: GLOM used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLOM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they glom    ... he / she / it gloms   
Past simple: glommed   
Past participle: glommed   
-ing form: glomming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take by theft

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cop; glom; hook; knock off; snitch; thieve

Context example:

Someone snitched my wallet!

Hypernyms (to "glom" is one way to...):

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Seize upon or latch onto something

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater

Hypernyms (to "glom" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP