# glom

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɡlɒm/

## Definitions
1. To take.
2. To grab hold of, seize; catch, grab or latch onto.
3. To clump up, to seize together into a lump or conglomeration.

## Etymology
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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/glom