To grab, snatch, or stick to something quickly and often greedily; to seize or cling to.
Origin uncertain, possibly from Scottish or dialectal English, first recorded in the early 1900s. May be related to 'glam' or grab-like words, though the exact source is disputed by etymologists.
The word 'glom' became popular in the 1960s counterculture and is still used in casual speech, yet dictionaries are unsure of its true origin—it's like a linguistic mystery that linguists still debate at conferences.
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