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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

glom onto en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  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

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glomb onto alternative lexicographic
glomp onto alternative lexicographic
glommed onto Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
glommed onto Tense=Past lexicographic
glomming onto Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gloms onto Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

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