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glomp en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ɡlɔmp/ (General-American)
  • /ɡlɒmp/

Etymology

An emphatic form of glom.

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
glomps Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

pouncehug

glomp en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ɡlɔmp/ (General-American)
  • /ɡlɒmp/

Etymology

An emphatic form of glom.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of glom.
    alt of glom
  2. (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):
    • 2002, cb, Re: Dead end jobs, alt.support.shyness, http://groups.google.com./group/alt.support.shyness/msg/5e4cae69c77bbb32?dmode=source Girls would ask for people to glomp them and dish them out, even to complete strangers. The most recent one I was at, there were several girls wearing huge signs that read "GLOMP ME!", one of them being a former date I had that turned out really badly.
    • 2000, KATHYNEW, Re: Ranma Fanfiction Cliches (draft), rec.arts.anime.fandom, http://groups.google.com./group/rec.arts.anime.fandom/msg/f1d35cbb99146224?dmode=source Nope. Every instance he's near her he tries to glomp her. If she shows affection to Ranma, he attacks Ranma.
    • 2006, starcade, With spoilers abounding, Kaleido Star Grand Finale discussion..., rec.arts.anime.misc, http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime.misc/msg/14cb5eb77c375a63?dmode=source Can I glomp Sora's and Rosetta's voice actresses?? Please??
    • I like your name, for some reason it makes me want to glomp you 2002, Soffia Parry, “Re: ATTN: STRYDER167”, in alt.fan.dragonball (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
glomps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
glomped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
glomped Tense=Past lexicographic
glomping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

glomp on · glomp onto

Translations (1)

ja グロンプ (to pounce on and hug)