Usually means: Eager or greedy grasp; snatch.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. glaum: Merriam-Webster
  2. glaum: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Glaum, glaum: Wordnik
  4. glaum: Wiktionary
  5. Glaum: Dictionary.com
  6. Glaum: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. glaum: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Glaum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. glaum: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Glaum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. glaum: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Glaum: Urban Dictionary
  3. Glaum: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (glaum)

verb:  (Scotland, Ireland) To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.
verb:  (dialectal) To search (for something).
verb:  (Northern England, Scotland) To look sullen or sad; scowl, frown.
verb:  To look (at), to stare (at).

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