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Glop vs Glom - What's the difference?

glop | glom |

As verbs the difference between glop and glom

is that glop is to stare in amazement while glom is to steal, to grab.

As a noun glop

is any gooey substance.

glop

English

Etymology 1

Variation of (glope).

Verb

(glopp)
  • (dialectal, or, archaic) To stare in amazement.
  • Etymology 2

    1940-45, of expressive origin. Compare (l), (l).

    Noun

    (s)
  • Any gooey substance.
  • Verb

    (glopp)
  • (archaic) To swallow greedily.
  • English onomatopoeias

    glom

    English

    Verb

    (glomm)
  • (informal) to steal, to grab
  • to stare
  • (informal) to attach
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    Derived terms

    * glom on * glom onto * glommer

    References

    * Glom , Free Dictionary.com ----