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Glomp vs Glome - What's the difference?

glomp | glome |

As verbs the difference between glomp and glome

is that glomp is (slang|transitive) to embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start while glome is (obsolete) to look gloomy, morose, or sullen.

As nouns the difference between glomp and glome

is that glomp is (slang) an embrace of this kind while glome is (anatomy) one of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot or glome can be (obsolete) gloom.

glomp

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (slang) to embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start.
  • *1994 , John Walter Biles, Kunou's Excellent Adventure [FanFic] , rec.arts.anime.stories, [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime.stories/msg/466c0e3caff81fe4?dmode=source]
  • *:You glomp onto her, and she punts you through the wall....but you don't care!
  • *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.
  • *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.
  • *2002 , Soffia Parry, Re: ATTN: STRYDER167 , alt.fan.dragonball, [http://groups.google.com./group/alt.fan.dragonball/msg/c6551918c916e8ea?dmode=source]
  • *:I like your name, for some reason it makes me want to glomp you
  • *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??

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * pouncehug

    Usage notes

    * The term is mostly used by the anime fandom. English transitive verbs English fandom slang

    glome

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) (lena) (glomus) a ball. Compare (globe).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy) One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of a horse's foot.
  • (geometry) A hypersphere in 4-dimensional Euclidean space defined as the set of all points that are at a given distance from a given point, also called a 3-sphere.

    • Etymology 2

    Verb

    (glom)
  • (obsolete) To look gloomy, morose, or sullen.
    • (Surrey)

    Noun

  • (obsolete) gloom
    • (Webster 1913) ----