glomp

English

Etymology

Unclear.

Verb

glomp (third-person singular simple present glomps, present participle glomping, simple past and past participle glomped)

1. (slang, transitive) to embrace enthusiastically; to pounce on and hug, often from a running start.
   • 1994: John Walter Biles, Kunou's Excellent Adventure [FanFic], rec.arts.anime.stories, [1]

     You glomp onto her, and she punts you through the wall....but you don't care!

   • 2000: KATHYNEW, Re: Ranma Fanfiction Cliches (draft), rec.arts.anime.fandom, [2]

     Nope. Every instance he's near her he tries to glomp her. If she shows affection to Ranma, he attacks Ranma.

   • 2002: cb, Re: Dead end jobs, alt.support.shyness, [3]

     Girls would ask for people to glomp them and dish them out, even to complete strangers. The most recent one I was at, there were several girls wearing huge signs that read "GLOMP ME!", one of them being a former date I had that turned out really badly.

   • 2002: Soffia Parry, Re: ATTN: STRYDER167, alt.fan.dragonball, [4]

     I like your name, for some reason it makes me want to glomp you

   • 2006: starcade, With spoilers abounding, Kaleido Star Grand Finale discussion..., rec.arts.anime.misc, [5]

     Can I glomp Sora's and Rosetta's voice actresses?? Please??

Noun

glomp (plural glomps)

1. (slang) An embrace of this kind.
   • 1996 Mar 23: RpM-acct2/5, Surreal World pt 3 [fanfic][Ranma/UY/Nuku/Tenchi/SM/A!MG/KOR], rec.arts.anime.stories, [6]

     Ryoko zoomed in for the glomp when suddenly she got glomped herself.

Usage notes

• The term is mostly used by the anime fandom.