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glomb onto

glomb onto is the alternative form of glom onto.

Meaning of glom onto

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive) To 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. (slang, transitive) To appropriate.

Forms of glomb onto

third-person singular presentglombs onto
present participleglombing onto
past participleglombed onto
pastglombed onto

Questions about glomb onto

What is glomb onto the alternative form of?
Glomb onto is the alternative form of glom onto.

Words near glomb onto in the dictionary

  1. Glomar response
  2. Glomar responses
  3. Glomarization
  4. glomb
  5. glomb on
  6. glomb onto
  7. glombed
  8. glombed on
  9. glombed onto
  10. Glombicki
  11. glombing

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