glom
/ɡlɑm/
verb
- To take, grab, or steal something, often in a quick or sneaky way.
- She glommed the best seat in the theater by arriving early.
- He tried to glom the last cookie before anyone else could reach it.
- The kid glommed a handful of candy from the bowl when no one was looking.
- To understand or grasp something, especially a concept or idea.
- He finally glommed what the teacher was explaining.
- It took me a while to glom the rules of the game.
- Once you glom the basic idea, the rest is easy.