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glom

  [glom] verb, glommed, glom⋅ming, noun Slang.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to steal.
2. to catch or grab.
3. to look at.
–noun
4. a look or glimpse.
—Verb phrase
5. glom onto, to take hold or possession of: He wanted to glom onto some of that money.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; cf. Scots glaum, glam to snatch at, glammis jaws of a vise, appar. < ScotGael glàm to grab, clutch, influenced by clam 2
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glom   (glŏm)   
v.   glommed, glom·ming, gloms

v.   tr.
  1. To steal.
  2. To seize; grab.
  3. To look or stare at.
v.   intr.
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).
n.  A glimpse; a look.

[Probably from Scots glam, to snatch at.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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glom 
1907, from glahm "grab, snatch, steal," Amer.Eng. underworld slang, from Scot. glaum (1715), from Gael. glam "to handle awkwardly, grab voraciously, devour." Sense of "look at, watch" (1945) is apparently derived from the same word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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