glitch

noun

/ɡlɪtʃ/

(informal)

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a small problem or fault that stops something working successfully
- A few technical glitches forced us to postpone the demonstration.
- It was only a temporary glitch but it could have put people’s lives in danger.
- The new system has too many bugs and glitches to be trusted.
Topics Difficulty and failurec2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Glitch is used after these nouns:
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[uncountable] a type of electronic music that uses sound recordings and electronic instruments that have been made to work incorrectly so there are deliberate glitches in the sound
- Their style embraces everything from hip hop and funk to techno and glitch.

Word Origin1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.

glitch

verb

/ɡlɪtʃ/

(informal) [intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they glitch	/ɡlɪtʃ/ /ɡlɪtʃ/
he / she / it glitches	/ˈɡlɪtʃɪz/ /ˈɡlɪtʃɪz/
past simple glitched	/ɡlɪtʃt/ /ɡlɪtʃt/
past participle glitched	/ɡlɪtʃt/ /ɡlɪtʃt/
-ing form glitching	/ˈɡlɪtʃɪŋ/ /ˈɡlɪtʃɪŋ/

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(of a machine or system) to suffer a sudden fault and fail to work correctly
- The screen glitched.
- The instrument panel began glitching back in March.
Topics Difficulty and failurec2
Word Origin1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.