glitchnoun [ C ]
uk/ɡlɪtʃ/us/ɡlɪtʃ/a small problem or fault that prevents something from being successful or working as well as it should:
We'd expected a few glitches, but everything's gone remarkably smoothly.
The system has been plagued with glitches ever since its launch.
specialized electronics a sudden unexpected increase in electrical power, especially one that causes a fault in an electronic system:
The computer failure was due to a glitch caused by lightning.
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