glitch
noun/ɡlɪtʃ/
/ɡlɪtʃ/
(informal)- 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.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGlitch is used after these nouns:- computer
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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.
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