glom

From Scottish English glom, glaum (“to grab or snatch at”), a variant of clam, claum (“to clutch, seize, grasp, reach for”), from Middle English clammen, from Old English clæmman (“to pinch, press, inclose”), from Proto-West Germanic klammjan. Related to clamp.

Variant of glaum, gloom (“to frown, scowl, stare at”).