glitch

[ glich ]
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noun
  1. a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.

  2. Computers. any error, malfunction, or problem.: Compare bug1 (def. 4).

  1. a brief or sudden interruption or surge in voltage in an electric circuit.

verb (used with object)
  1. to cause a glitch in: an accident that glitched our plans.

Origin of glitch

1
First recorded in 1960–65; perhaps from Yiddish glitsh “slippery area”; compare glitshn, German glitschen “to slip, slide”

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British Dictionary definitions for glitch

glitch

/ (ɡlɪtʃ) /


noun
  1. a sudden instance of malfunctioning or irregularity in an electronic system

  2. a change in the rotation rate of a pulsar

Origin of glitch

1
C20: of unknown origin

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