glom on

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glom on

verb gloms on · glomming on · glommed on · glomb on · glomp on

intransitive, slang To attach oneself to something. But as Siri’s many noted missteps attest, a computer really has no idea what you’re talking about. It breaks your speech down, gloms on to keywords and makes a good guess at what you’re asking.
intransitive To comprehend something. Engineers began to glom on to the idea that properly laid crushed rock, interlocked in a particular way at the base of a road, could do much of what the metal reinforcement did — namely hold the structural integrity of the roadway but at a lower overall cost.
Similar: cotton on

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@misc{glom_on_2026,
  title = {glom on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glom%20on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}