glom
4 synonyms for glom, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To take firm hold of something; to catch or fasten onto it.
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thieve
snitch
Etymology
This word comes from Scottish English glom, glaum (“to grab or snatch at”), a variant of clam, claum (“to clutch, seize, grasp, reach for”). That in turn goes back to Middle English *clammen, from Old English clæmman (“to pinch, press, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. It is related to clamp.
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