glommed
verb (used with object)
1.
to steal.
2.
to catch or grab.
3.
to look at.
noun
Verb phrases 4.
a look or glimpse.
5.
Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; compare Scots glaum, glam to snatch at, glammis jaws of a vise, apparently < Scots Gaelic glàm to grab, clutch, influenced by clam2
1895–1900, Americanism; compare Scots glaum, glam to snatch at, glammis jaws of a vise, apparently < Scots Gaelic glàm to grab, clutch, influenced by clam2
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| —vb (foll by on to) | |
| 1. | to attach oneself to or associate oneself with |
| 2. | (US) to acquire, esp without paying |
| [C20: from Scots glaum] | |
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Word Origin & History
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.
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glom definition[glɑm]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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glommed definition[glɑmd]
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