glitch en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡlɪt͡ʃ/
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Yiddish גליטש (glitsh), from German glitschig (“slippy”), from glitschen (“to slide, glide, slip”) + -ig (“-y”). Related to gleiten (“glide”). Cognate with French glisser (“to slip, slide, skid”). Popularized in the 1960s, by the US space program. Attested in 1962 by American astronaut John Glenn, in reference to spikes in electrical current.
Meanings
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(countable) A problem affecting function.
They are still trying to work out all the glitches.
Some claimed on Monday that Foodpanda's account deletion system reported being under maintenance and could not process their request. It is unclear if the flock of requests had created a system failure, or Foodpanda had cut access on purpose, or the timing was merely a coincidence. The glitch only added fuel to online sympathizers' outrage.
2021 July 20, Masayuki Yuda, “Foodpanda faces backlash after calling Thai protest 'terrorism'”, in Nikkei Asia, Nikkei Inc, retrieved 20 Jul 2021:Glitches—a spaceman’s word for irritating disturbances.
1965, Time magazine:A déjà vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something.
1999, The Wachowski Brothers, The Matrix (motion picture), spoken by Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss):
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(countable, informal) An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
Another term we adopted to describe some of our problems was "glitch." Literally, a glitch is a spike or change in voltage in an electrical circuit which takes place when the circuit suddenly has a new load put on it. You have probably noticed a dimming of lights in your home when you turn a switch or start the dryer or the television set.
1962, John Glenn, Into Orbit, London: Cassell:
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(countable, uncountable) A bug or an exploit.
Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.
How to reach 8.555 ー The glitch You need to have Wrex alive and sabotage the cure. Without the glitch, Wrex will discover the lie and try to kill you after Priority: Citadel II when you try to go back to the Normandy. Triggering this scene will remove Wrex and the Clan Urdnot in the war assets list The glitch is easy, when you want to leave the Citadel, simply go to a fast travel shuttle, then in a DLC area (Dr. Bryson's Lab or Silversun Strip) Then again the shuttle, and go back to the Normandy from here
2021 September 4, Paarnahkrin, “8.550 War Assets - How to achieve the highest possible score”, in Steam Community, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2021, Paarnahkrin's Guides:
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(uncountable) 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.
You can hear this in the contemporary genre of ‘glitch’, where artists like Oval and Fennesz make radically beautiful music using the snaps, crackles and pops emitted by damaged CDs, malfunctioning software, etc.
2011, Simon Reynolds, Bring the Noise: 20 Years of Writing About Hip Rock and Hip Hop, Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, page 313:
- (countable) A sudden increase in the rotational frequency of a pulsar.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| glitches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
noise · spike · instability · surge
Deriveds
glitch art · glitch out · glitchless · glitch in the Matrix · glitchcore · microglitch · glitchfest · glitchery · glitch text · glitchy · infinite money glitch · glitch hunter · glitch hop
Descendants
Hypernyms
Synonyms
bug · imperfection · quirk · hitch · gremlin
Translations (54)
fa گلیچ (video games: bug or exploit) · de Störung (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · pl pluskwa (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · ru глюк (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · fi glitch (music: genre of electronic music) · ca tara (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · pt problema técnico (video games: bug or exploit) · pt falha técnica (video games: bug or exploit) · fr hic (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · pt falha técnica (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · pt avaria (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · eo fuŝo (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · arz جليتش (video games: bug or exploit) · eo problemo (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · de Fehler (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · ca defecte (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · ru баг (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · fi temppu (video games: bug or exploit) · es glitch (video games: bug or exploit) · eo miso (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · acw قليتش (video games: bug or exploit) · fr pépin (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · fr os (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · bg пробле́м (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · es tara (video games: bug or exploit) · ga fabht (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · pt falha (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · de Glitch (video games: bug or exploit) · es fallo (video games: bug or exploit) · es falla (video games: bug or exploit) · eo cimo (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · es falla (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · ca llenegall (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · de Macke (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · fi puute (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · pt avaria (video games: bug or exploit) · fi jippo (video games: bug or exploit) · fi vika (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · es tara (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · pt anomalia (video games: bug or exploit) · cmn 故障 (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · es fallo (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · pt falha (video games: bug or exploit) · fi häikkä (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · fi bugi (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · fi kämmi (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · ru глитч (music: genre of electronic music) · ru сбой (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · bg повре́да (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · eo difekto (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · pt anomalia (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk) · ca tara (video games: bug or exploit) · fr bogue (video games: bug or exploit) · pt problema técnico (problem, bug, imperfection, quirk)