"glomp" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡlɒmp/, /ɡlɔmp/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-glomp.ogg [Australia] Forms: glomps [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒmp Etymology: Probably sound-symbolic. Etymology templates: {{sound-symbolic|en|nocap=1}} sound-symbolic Head templates: {{en-noun}} glomp (plural glomps)
  1. (slang, chiefly fandom slang) An embrace of this kind. Tags: slang Synonyms: pouncehug
    Sense id: en-glomp-en-noun-ZslCXHhq Topics: lifestyle

Verb

IPA: /ɡlɒmp/, /ɡlɔmp/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-glomp.ogg [Australia] Forms: glomps [present, singular, third-person], glomping [participle, present], glomped [participle, past], glomped [past]
Rhymes: -ɒmp Etymology: Probably sound-symbolic. Etymology templates: {{sound-symbolic|en|nocap=1}} sound-symbolic Head templates: {{en-verb}} glomp (third-person singular simple present glomps, present participle glomping, simple past and past participle glomped)
  1. (slang, chiefly fandom slang, transitive) To embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start. Tags: slang, transitive Translations (to pounce on and hug): グロンプ (guronpu) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-glomp-en-verb-QFaKX9J2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Topics: lifestyle

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for glomp meaning in English (4.6kB)

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