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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
: 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
46 4.2

To stop working correctly, as a machine or device

is a smaller unexpected problem rather than a complete failure

Antonyms

115 3.1

Working as it should and ready to use

Working without problems or interruptions

How Serious

to break down
200 3.2
to fail
201 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.