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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King