| 单词 |
glom |
| 释义 |
glom, v. U.S. slang.|glɒm|
Also glahm.
[Var. glaum v.]
trans. To steal; to grab, snatch. Also intr., usu. const. on to. Hence ˈglomming vbl. n.
1907J. London Road (1914) 182 We..discovered that our hands were gloved. ‘Where'd ye glahm 'em?’ I asked. ‘Out of an engine-cab,’ he answered. 1914Jackson & Hellyer Vocab. Criminal Slang 38 Glom, to grab; to snatch; to take; implying violence. Example: ‘Glom this short and drop off two blocks below.’ 1925G. H. Mullin Adv. Scholar Tramp xii. 180, I learnt that stealing clothes from a clothes-line is expressed in Hoboland by the hilarious phrase, ‘Glomming the grape-vine’. 1926Flynn's 16 Jan. 638/1 'Course, th' rule is, glom while th' glomin's good. 1930Ibid. 25 Jan. 524/1 In his hip-pocket, where even the lowest kind of lush-worker would have no difficulty in glomming it. 1960J. Philips Whisper Town (1965) ii. v. 105 You think we ought to go out to the school and glom on to that gun? 1962― Dead Ending (1963) i. i. 7 In the process of glomming onto that property in Venezuela some people got killed. 1969C. Armstrong Seven Seats to Moon xiii. 126 Trust Lily Eden, though, to glom on to a customer. |
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