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Word entry · 6 letters

glitch

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"Small technical fault"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡlɪt͡ʃ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted cghiltStarts with GEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • They are still trying to work out all the glitches.
  • Glitches—a spaceman’s word for irritating disturbances.
  • A déjà vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

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