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glom

glom
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [glom]
    • /glɒm/
    • /ɡlˈɒm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [glom]
    • /glɒm/

Definitions of glom word

  • verb with object glom to steal. 1
  • verb with object glom to catch or grab. 1
  • verb with object glom to look at. 1
  • noun glom a look or glimpse. 1
  • noun glom Steal. 1
  • verb glom to attach oneself to or associate oneself with 0

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Origin of glom

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
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

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Glom

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

glom popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

glom usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for glom

noun glom

  • capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
  • incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
  • imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
  • detention — Detention is when someone is arrested or put into prison, especially for political reasons.
  • commitment — Commitment is a strong belief in an idea or system.

verb glom

  • incarcerate — to imprison; confine.
  • seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
  • apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
  • detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
  • jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.

Antonyms for glom

noun glom

  • refusal — an act or instance of refusing.
  • liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
  • release — to lease again.
  • freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
  • rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.

verb glom

  • liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
  • loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
  • take up — the act of taking.
  • activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.

Top questions with glom

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