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Glom

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hooknounA rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
snitchnoun(slang, intransitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
thieveverb(intransitive) To commit theft.
copnoun(informal) A police officer or prison guard.
knock offverb(ambitransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity.

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thieveverb(intransitive) To commit theft.
knock offverb(ambitransitive, slang) To halt one's work or other activity.
snitchnoun(slang, intransitive) To inform on, especially in betrayal of others.
hooknounA rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
copnoun(informal) A police officer or prison guard.
eyenounAn organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
glom ontoverb(slang, transitive) To attach oneself to.
glopnoun(informal, uncountable) Any gooey substance.
glompverb(slang, chiefly fandom slang, transitive) To embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start.
glimnoun(archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
glaumnoun(Scotland, Ireland) To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.
take a grabverb(Australian rules football) to mark the football, especially overhead
grabnoun(countable) A sudden snatch at something.
gripenounA complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
gulpnounThe usual amount swallowed.
gobble upverb(transitive) To consume [something] rapidly.
glipnoun(military, transitive) To bomb a bridge, particularly with a technique developed by the 490th Missile Squadron during World War II.
yoinkverb(colloquial) To steal.
clipnounSomething which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
bite offverb(transitive, idiomatic, sometimes followed by on) To accept or commit oneself to a task, project, notion, or responsibility, especially one which presents challenges.

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