Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable)A problem affecting function.

    They are still trying to work out all the glitches.

    Störung, Fehler, Macke

    глюкgljuk, сбойsboj, багbag

  2. (countable, informal)An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A bug or an exploit.

    Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.

    Glitch

  4. (uncountable)A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.

    глитчglitč

  5. (countable)A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.

More definitions
  • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

Examples

20 sentences
  1. I think it might be a glitch.

    Гадаю, це може бути глюком.

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  2. We need to fix this glitch.

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  3. It's a minor glitch.

    ruЭто мелкий глюк.

    deEs handelt sich um eine kleine Störung.

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  4. I think that it might be a glitch.

    Гадаю, це може бути глюком.

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  5. Tom's algorithm must have a glitch.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
problem, bug, imperfection, quirk:
music: genre of electronic music:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
problem, bug, imperfection, quirk:
video games: bug or exploit:

Origin

Probably borrowed from Yiddish גליטש (glitsh), from German glitschig (“slippy”), from glit

Probably borrowed from Yiddish גליטש (glitsh), from German glitschig (“slippy”), from glitschen (“to slide, glide, slip”) + -ig (“-y”). Related to gleiten (“glide”). Cognate with French glisser (“to slip, slide, skid”).

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Forms

plural: glitches
Singularglitch
Pluralglitches

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine:bug

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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