glitch

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Probably from Yiddish, from dialectical German glitschig (slippy), from glitsch (slide, glide, slip) + -ig (-y). Related to gleiten "glide".

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Singular
glitch

Plural
glitches

glitch (plural glitches)

  1. A problem affecting function; a bug; an imperfection; a quirk
    They are still trying to work out all the glitches.
  2. (video games) A bug or an exploit.
    Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to glitch

Third person singular
glitches

Simple past
glitched

Past participle
glitched

Present participle
glitching

to glitch (third-person singular simple present glitches, present participle glitching, simple past and past participle glitched)

  1. To experience an intermittent, unexpected, malfunction
    My computer keeps glitching; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.
  2. (video games) To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.
    His character will glitch into the wall and out of the level.