Associations to the word «Glom»

Wiktionary

GLOM, verb. (transitive) (informal) to steal, to grab
GLOM, verb. (intransitive) to stare
GLOM, verb. (intransitive) (informal) to attach
GLOM ON, verb. (intransitive) To attach oneself to something.
GLOM ON, verb. (intransitive) To comprehend something.
GLOM ONTO, verb. (transitive) To attach oneself to.
GLOM ONTO, verb. (transitive) To appropriate.

Dictionary definition

GLOM, verb. Take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!".
GLOM, verb. Seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin