glom

glom · verb¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*klammjan
2. Old English · inherited fromclæmman“to pinch, press, inclose”
3. Middle English · inherited from*clammen
4. English todayglom

From Scottish English glom, glaum (“to grab or snatch at”), a variant of clam, claum (“to clutch, seize, grasp, reach for”), from Middle English *clammen, from Old English clæmman (“to pinch, press, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Related to clamp.

glom · verb²

Variant of glaum, gloom (“to frown, scowl, stare at”).

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