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

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus