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glaums

glaums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glaum.

Meaning of glaum

Verb (1)

glaum (third-person singular simple present glaums, present participle glauming, simple past and past participle glaumed)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland) To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.
    • My heart, for fear, gaed sough for sough, / To hear the thuds, and see the cluds / O' clans frae woods, in tartan duds, / Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three.1789, “The Battle of Sherramuir”, Burns, Robert (lyrics)
    Synonyms:
    fumble, clutch
  2. (dialectal) To search (for something).
    • Pádraig Ó Cíobháin, of An Spidéal, heard the word glauming from his mother-in-law , Kathleen Lanigan, in Kilkenny. The good lady offered this gloss: 'She'd be going around the house glauming for something - searching for [it].'1999, Diarmaid Ó Muirithe, The Words We Use: Collection 3, volume 3, page 43

Verb (2)

glaum (third-person singular simple present glaums, present participle glauming, simple past and past participle glaumed)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To look sullen or sad; scowl, frown.
    • I drop my bantering side, glauming a hard frown. “Why would your clients not want you to execute on these in full? Obviously you have a skilled eye for dramatic impact. And I know naught of intricate fashion construction,[…]2022 January 25, Angel Payne, Misadventures with a Duke, Waterhouse Press, →ISBN
  2. To look (at), to stare (at).
    • He drummed on the table, glauming at me and through me until I wondered if I should count the interview ended. Then of a sudden he shouted, […]1954, Margaret Cooper Gay, Hatchet in the Sky, a Novel, New York : Simon and Schuster

Questions about glaums

What is glaums the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Glaums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of glaum.

Words near glaums in the dictionary

  1. glaukomflecken
  2. glaukosphaerite
  3. glaum
  4. glaumed
  5. glauming
  6. glaums
  7. glaunc'd
  8. glaunce
  9. glaunces
  10. glaunst
  11. glaur

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