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Glom

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Verb

1. cop, glom, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve

take by theft

Example Sentences:
'Someone snitched my wallet!'

2. glom

seize upon or latch onto something

Example Sentences:
'The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Glom

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verbWord forms: gloms, glomming or glommed slang
1. (transitive; foll by on to)
to attach oneself to or associate oneself with
2. US
to acquire, esp without paying

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Glom

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verb transitiveWord forms: glommed or ˈglomming
1. 
to seize; grab
2. 
to steal
3. 
to look over; view; see

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Glom

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v. glommed, glom·ming, gloms
v.intr.
1. To grab or hold onto something: The child glommed on to her mother's arm.
2. To become attached to something; stick: "The candies had glommed together in the heat" (Porter Shreve).
3.
a. To focus the attention on or become interested in someone or something: The media glommed on to the heartbreaking story.
b. To understand or realize: finally glommed on to the fact that he had been joking.
v.tr.
1. To cause to adhere; join together: "Hydrogen atoms ... were glommed together by the amazing gravitational forces inside that orb a million kilometers across" (David Campbell).
2. To get into one's hands or possession; grab or obtain: glommed the photo off the desk.
3. To steal: glommed the necklace from the safe.
4.
a. To look or stare at: glommed the woman who entered the bar.
b. To understand; realize: finally glommed what was going on.

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