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glitch

Syllabification: (glitch)

Pronunciation: /gliCH/

informal

Definition of glitch

a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment:a draft version was lost in a computer glitch
an unexpected setback in a plan:this has been the first real glitch they’ve encountered in a three months' tour
Astronomy a brief irregularity in the rotation of a pulsar.

[no object]

suffer a sudden malfunction or irregularity:her job involves troubleshooting when systems glitch

Derivatives

1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was 'a sudden surge of current', hence 'malfunction, hitch' in astronautical slang

Definition of glitch in the British & World English dictionary

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