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glomp

/ɡlɒmp/US/ɡlɔmp/

glomp verb: to embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start. Also the alternative form of glom.

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive) To embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start.
    • 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)
    • Nope. Every instance he's near her he tries to glomp her. If she shows affection to Ranma, he attacks Ranma.2000, KATHYNEW, Re: Ranma Fanfiction Cliches (draft), rec.arts.anime.fandom, http://groups.google.com./group/rec.arts.anime.fandom/msg/f1d35cbb99146224?dmode=source

Noun

glomp (plural glomps)

  1. (slang) An embrace of this kind.
    • Ryoko zoomed in for the glomp when suddenly she got glomped herself.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=sourc...
    Synonyms:
    pouncehug

Proper noun capitalized: Glomp

Glomp (plural Glomps)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

glomp is also the alternative form of glom.

Synonyms of glomp

Forms of glomp

Verb
third-person singular presentglomps
present participleglomping
past participleglomped
pastglomped
Noun
pluralglomps
Proper noun
pluralGlomps

Origin of glomp

An emphatic form of glom.

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

Words formed from glomp

Words that rhyme with glomp

Questions about glomp

What does glomp mean?
Glomp means to embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start.
What part of speech is glomp?
Glomp can be a verb, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce glomp?
Glomp is pronounced /ɡlɒmp/.
What is the past tense of glomp?
The past tense of glomp is glomped.

Words near glomp in the dictionary

  1. glommer
  2. glommers
  3. glomming
  4. glomming on
  5. glomming onto
  6. glomp
  7. glomp on
  8. glomp onto
  9. glomped
  10. glomped on
  11. glomped onto

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