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glomp onto

glomp 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 glomp onto

third-person singular presentglomps onto
present participleglomping onto
past participleglomped onto
pastglomped onto

Questions about glomp onto

What is glomp onto the alternative form of?
Glomp onto is the alternative form of glom onto.

Words near glomp onto in the dictionary

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

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