Glitch

Quick meaning: Glitch is a noun meaning (countable) A problem affecting function.

Meaning

(countable) A problem affecting function.

More Meanings

1. (video games) A bug or an exploit.
2. (astronomy, countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
3. (intransitive, especially of machines) To experience an unexpected, typically intermittent malfunction.
4. (intransitive, video games) To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.
5. (countable, informal, engineering) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
6. (uncountable, music) 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.

Example Sentences

Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.

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.

Word Forms

• glitches
• glitching
• glitched

Synonyms for glitch

Depending on context, synonyms include bug, imperfection, quirk, gremlin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bug, defect, fault, malfunction, error, mistake.

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