glom onto

verb

To attach oneself to.

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Meanings

verbglom onto (third-person singular simple present gloms onto, present participle glomming onto, simple past and past participle glommed onto)

present singular third person gloms onto · participle present glomming onto · participle past glommed onto · past glommed onto · alternative glomb onto · alternative glomp onto

  1. slangtransitiveTo attach oneself to.

    So is the argument that all that social good justifies Evan’s manipulative means? Or is the film critiquing the way we all glom onto strangers’ tragedies in order to make ourselves feel like we’re part of something?

    2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club
  2. slangtransitiveTo appropriate.
Cite this entry
APA

glom onto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glom%20onto

MLA

“glom onto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glom%20onto. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glom onto,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glom%20onto.

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