glom

verb

1. (informal, transitive)To take.

   “Mac glommed a handful of Bott's hair and ear and twisted it, “Ya be listenin' ta me now that I 'ave yer attention. And ifin ya don't, I'll be obliged ta hack off yer pretty little ear wif me blade. Would ya like that, Mr. Mouth,[…]”

   “As soon as I was alone I glommed a quick gander into the bedroom, saw the Bonham punk was resting quietly under the covers. I withdrew, made myself cozy in an easy chair, began burning gaspers and reading magazines.”

   “Currently scripting RKO B westerns, under yet another monicker, the work fronted by a politically acceptable hack writer who glommed a 35 percent cut.”

2. (informal, intransitive)To grab hold of, seize; catch, grab or latch onto.

   “Winslow glommed at once onto the benefits of such an arrangement. “So I would set the terms, conditions, and whatever fee I chose to pay myself?” “You catch on quick!” said the cuddly clerk impishly.”

   “known what she was thinking, for his mind had glommed at the same time onto the same possibility: that Margo's grumpy but otherwise seemingly harmless, neighbor, whom they had interviewed before, could, after all, be the kidnapper.”

   “Bisexuals, she said, glommed onto lesbians because they feared their fathers, or had been devastated by ex-boyfriends.”

   “In short, blood comes through the artery (arteriole) and material gloms onto the nephron before twisting through the near (proximal) tubes, looping the loop, twisting through the distant (distal) tubes, and collecting itself at the other end.”

3. (informal, intransitive)To clump up, to seize together into a lump or conglomeration.

   ““The oil pan cracked, the engine seized, and the internal parts glommed together.””

   “Her frosty red lipstick kept glomming at the corners of her mouth, giving her an unnatural clown frown. Hailey later heard they, too, had divorced. Standing there, facing Leonard's steely gaze and imposing figure, Hailey had no problem[…]”

   “The following day when Fiona had gone to pour the poteen into a smaller bottle so that she could use the bigger one to store cooking oil, nearly a half a dozen undissolved aspirin tablets were glommed at the bottom of the bottle.”

4. (alt-of, alternative, intransitive)Alternative form of glaum (“look, stare”).

   “She glommed at herself from every angle that could be achieved by twisting her neck, backing off from the mirror with her hands on her overalled hips and tossing back the tumble of dark curls that, like Birdie's, lay thick and hot[…]”

   “Its black, withered-up, pinholes for eyes glommed at little Isabel. And with great anticipation it began to speak. “Why Gelp, that's a fine fat little one you have there. You always find the good ones. Are you on your way to market[…]"”

   “I apologized for disturbing her and said I would deeply appreciate it if she would let me take a picture of a painting […] It would have been a pleasure, and also instructive, to do a little glomming at the rugs and furniture and other miscellaneous objects, especially the dozen or more pictures on the walls, but that would have to wait.”

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial)Clipping of glomerulus.
2. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, attributive, neologism, rare, sometimes)Acronym of girls living off men.