Glom

Quick meaning: Glom is a verb meaning (transitive, informal) To take.

Meaning

(transitive, informal) To take.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, informal) To grab hold of, seize; catch, grab or latch onto.
2. (intransitive, informal) To clump up, to seize together into a lump or conglomeration.
3. (intransitive) Alternative form of glaum (“look, stare”).
4. (medicine, colloquial) Clipping of glomerulus.

Example Sentences

“The oil pan cracked, the engine seized, and the internal parts glommed together.”

Bisexuals, she said, glommed onto lesbians because they feared their fathers, or had been devastated by ex-boyfriends.

Currently scripting RKO B westerns, under yet another monicker, the work fronted by a politically acceptable hack writer who glommed a 35 percent cut.

Winslow glommed at once onto the benefits of such an arrangement. “So I would set the terms, conditions, and whatever fee I chose to pay myself?” “You catch on quick!” said the cuddly clerk impishly.

Word Forms

• gloms
• glomming
• glommed
• glomb
• glomp

Synonyms for glom

Depending on context, synonyms include hook, thieve, cop, knock off.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thieve, knock off, hook, cop, eye, glop.

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