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glom.

To take.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡlɒm/
  1. To take.

    informal · transitive
  2. To grab hold of, seize; catch, grab or latch onto.

    informal · intransitive
  3. To clump up, to seize together into a lump or conglomeration.

    informal · intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Scottish English glom, glaum (“to grab or snatch at”), a variant of clam, claum (“to clutch, seize, grasp, reach for”), from Middle English *clammen, from Old English clæmman (“to pinch, press, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Related to clamp.

verb/ɡlɒm/
  1. Alternative form of glaum (“look, stare”).

    alt-of · alternative · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Variant of glaum, gloom (“to frown, scowl, stare at”).

noun/ɡlɒm/
  1. Clipping of glomerulus.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping · colloquial
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