glitch
[glich]Slang.
- a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
- Computers. any error, malfunction, or problem.Compare bug1(def 5).
- a brief or sudden interruption or surge in voltage in an electric circuit.
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- to cause a glitch in: an accident that glitched our plans.
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Origin of glitch
1960–65; perhaps < Yiddish glitsh slippery area; compare glitshn, German glitschen to slip, slide
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Contemporary Examples
That would require the rocket to run for 55 to 60 seconds without a glitch.
But a glitch has the video stuck in permaload mode and my patience is running thin after that strenuous hour of “math”.
The second glitch came a few hours after that, when some of the cables used to pull the ship upright started to slack.
The dynamic played out, but unfortunately for Idol, there was a glitch.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland called the incident a “glitch.”
glitch
- a sudden instance of malfunctioning or irregularity in an electronic system
- a change in the rotation rate of a pulsar
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Word Origin
C20: of unknown origin
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Word Origin and History for glitch
n.
1962, American English, possibly from Yiddish glitsh "a slip," from glitshn "to slip," from German glitschen, and related gleiten "to glide" (see glide). Perhaps directly from German; it began as technical jargon in the argot of electronic hardware engineers, popularized and given a broader meaning by U.S. space program.
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