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   Glitch

   /ɡliCH/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment: "a draft version was lost in a computer glitch"
   • ▪ an unexpected setback in a plan: "this has been the first real glitch they've encountered in a three months' tour"
   • ▪ a brief irregularity in the rotation of a pulsar.

   verb

   • 1. suffer a sudden malfunction or irregularity: US "her job involves troubleshooting when systems glitch"

   Word Origin 1960s (originally US): of unknown origin. The original sense was ‘a sudden surge of current’, hence ‘malfunction, hitch’ in astronautical slang.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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