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to glitch

to glitch

3 5.8
To stop working correctly for a short time in a device or program
  • verb
  • /ɡlɪtʃ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : fallar
  • Some pressure gauge readings started to glitch out and this was a big problem because those pressure gauges were needed to trip the camera trigger box.

Don't ask me why my cars are glitching on the roads.

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Examples

  • Yesterday, the software started to glitch, causing some features to stop working unexpectedly.

  • The problem is that Truth Social started glitching and he was unable to do it.

  • We have been using a software called Live Stream and the software glitched on us and it showed up on YouTube as a no signal.

  • I mean, this computer keeps glitching with a location that's not even on the map.

  • It's starting to glitch.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • It keeps glitching.

  • My phone tends to glitch when I try to use too many applications at once.

  • Every time I use that program, it seems to glitch and freeze for a few seconds.

Synonyms

to malfunction
vsto glitch
72 4.2

To stop working correctly, as a machine or device

is a smaller unexpected problem rather than a complete failure

Antonyms

Working without problems or interruptions

3 3.1

Working as it should and ready to use

How Serious

to break down
194 3.2
to fail
370 2.2
to glitch
  • Specialized
3 5.8

Surface Forms

glitch infinitive
glitched past
glitched past participle
glitching present participle
glitches third person singular

Etymology

Glitch as a verb comes from the same old word glitsh meaning 'slip', so to glitch is for a device or program to 'slip' and have a short, unexpected problem.