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GLOM (glommed, glomming)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does glom mean?
• GLOM (verb)
The verb GLOM has 2 senses:
2. seize upon or latch onto something
Familiarity information: GLOM used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |




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
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