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GLOM (glommed, glomming)

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: glommed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, glomming  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does glom mean? 

GLOM (verb)
  The verb GLOM has 2 senses:

1. take by theftplay

2. seize upon or latch onto somethingplay

  Familiarity information: GLOM used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLOM (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they glom  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it gloms  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: glommed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: glommed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: glomming  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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