glitch
verb/ɡlɪtʃ/
/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/ |
- (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.
Word Origin1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.Want to learn more?
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