glomp

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/ɡlɒmp/US/ɡlɔmp/

verb

To embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start.

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verbglomp (third-person singular simple present glomps, present participle glomping, simple past and past participle glomped)

present singular third person glomps · participle present glomping · participle past glomped · past glomped

  1. alternativeAlternative form of glom.
  2. slangtransitivelifestyleTo embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start.

    2006, starcade, With spoilers abounding, Kaleido Star Grand Finale discussion..., rec.arts.anime.misc, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime.misc/msg/14cb5eb77c375a63?dmode=source Can I glomp Sora's and Rosetta's voice actresses?? Please??

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    You glomp onto her, and she punts you through the wall....but you don't care!

    1994, John Walter Biles, “Kunou's Excellent Adventure [FanFic]”, in rec.arts.anime.stories (Usenet)

    2000, KATHYNEW, Re: Ranma Fanfiction Cliches (draft), rec.arts.anime.fandom, https://web.archive.org/web/20080610225611/http://groups.google.com./group/rec.arts.anime.fandom/msg/f1d35cbb99146224?dmode=source Nope. Every instance he's near her he tries to glomp her. If she shows affection to Ranma, he attacks Ranma.

    2002, cb, Re: Dead end jobs, alt.support.shyness, http://groups.google.com./group/alt.support.shyness/msg/5e4cae69c77bbb32?dmode=source Girls would ask for people to glomp them and dish them out, even to complete strangers. The most recent one I was at, there were several girls wearing huge signs that read "GLOMP ME!", one of them being a former date I had that turned out really badly.

    I like your name, for some reason it makes me want to glomp you

    2002, Soffia Parry, “Re: ATTN: STRYDER167”, in alt.fan.dragonball (Usenet)
nounglomp (plural glomps)

plural glomps

  1. slanglifestyleAn embrace of this kind.

    1996 Mar 23, RpM-acct2/5, Surreal World pt 3 [fanfic][Ranma/UY/Nuku/Tenchi/SM/A!MG/KOR], rec.arts.anime.stories, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime.creative/msg/4be30a5c086f64af?dmode=source Ryoko zoomed in for the glomp when suddenly she got glomped herself.

    Synonyms: pouncehug

Glomp2

proper nounGlomp (plural Glomps)

plural Glomps

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn embrace of this kind.

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Origin

glomp · verb, noun

An emphatic form of glom.

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Glomp · proper noun

  1. Polishgłąb
  2. EnglishGlomp

Likely a variant of Glomb, in which case, derived from Polish głąb.

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Translations

Japanese グロンプ
  • グロンプ (guronpu)to pounce on and hug

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APA

glomp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glomp

MLA

“glomp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glomp. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glomp,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glomp.

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