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    [Verb]  | "glom" | \ ˈgläm \


    1: take, steal

    2: seize, catch


    Origin: 1897 ;

     Alteration of English dialect glaum to grab;

    [Phrase]  | "glom on to" 


    1: to grab hold of : appropriate to oneself

    [Verb]  | "glommed" 


    1: to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly;


      * e.g., " ... the manager glommed the shoplifter just as she was about to bolt out of the store "





    [Verb]  | "glom" 


    1: to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly;


      * e.g., " ... the manager glommed the shoplifter just as she was about to bolt out of the store "



    •  Antonyms : 

    •  miss





     [ "glomming" ]

    1: A practice commonly used at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) by men desiring female companionship. Due to the lopsided demographics (75% men, 25% women), one finds a dearth of women at Caltech. Thus, several men tend to court a woman at once. So, glomming refers to the practice of several men hooking onto (not literally) to one woman.

      * e.g.,  ... At a dance, one can find several men dancing with one woman. They are glomming her. Or, one might find several men walking to class with one woman. These men are glomming. 

     [ "glom" ]

    1: v.t. - to cling with sudden suction

      * e.g.,  ... "She glommed on to him like a duck on a june bug." 

     [ "glom on" ]

    1: A random person who suddenly attaches themselves to you or your group of friends.

      * e.g.,  ... He's a nice guy but kind of a glom on. 

     [ "glom" ]

    1: verb

      * e.g.,  ... Materials in orbit of a star can glom together to form a planet. 


     [ "glom" ]

    2: - Astronomers often use "glom" instead of using the longer and more unwieldy conglomerate.


     [ "glom" ]

    3: - to gather into a ball or rounded mass.


     [ "glom" ]

    4: - to collect or cluster together.

     [ "A Glom" ]

    1: Someone with sticky hands. Known to put his hand on things that don’t belong to him.

      * e.g.,  ... I don’t trust Sal around my things, he’s not a thief but he’s a Glom. 

     [ "glom" ]

    1: to steal, swipe or nab

      * e.g.,  ... "Somebody glommed the SD 80/90 MACs!" - Ralph Israel 

     [ "GLOM" ]

    1: Acronym: Good Looking Older Man

      * e.g.,  ... "Oooooh, George Clooney is such a GLOM!" 

     [ "glom" ]

    1: 1) A needy emotional person, usually estranged from their familiar pairing for what ever reason, yet trying with embarrassing futility to remain attached to that soon to be ex partner, resulting in any of a variety of conclusions.

      * e.g.,  ... She's so sickening to watch glom all over him. 

     [ "glom" ]

    1: (n) Used to describe a large group of males gathered around one specific female, often due to the lack of females in a vicinity.

      * e.g.,  ... There was a glom in her dormroom and she basked in the attention. 


     [ "glom" ]

    2: (v) to attach to a group of other males gathered around a specific female.


     [ "glom" ]

    3: From: conglomerate

     [ "GLOM!" ]

    1: A popular Russian band from St.Petersburg, famous for their parodies of everything, from YouTube stars to the stuck-up Russian rock. Inspired by Weird Al Yankovic, the lead singer plays an accordion.

      * e.g.,  ... "Did you catch the GLOM! show last night? They rocked!" 

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