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Definition of "glom" []
- To steal. (verb-transitive)
- To seize; grab. (verb-transitive)
- To look or stare at. (verb-transitive)
- To seize upon or latch onto something: "The country has glommed onto the spectacle of a wizard showman turning the tables on his inquisitors” ( Mary McGrory). (verb-intransitive)
- A glimpse; a look. (noun)
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Use "glom" in a sentence
- "We didn't "glom" on to them, they were right out in the open."
- ""That one to 'glom' all the land between Willow Creek and the mountain.""
- "And the burden of his refrain was that never since Noah came out of the ark, "the sole survivor," and all the world his oyster, as it were, had there been such a chance to "glom" everything in sight for a song."