Dictionary

glitchy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡlɪt͡ʃi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English glitch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English glitchy From glitch + -y.

Meanings

1. Prone to glitches.
   • If the phone is still glitchy, try to remember what changes you made to it recently. Did you install some new App Store program, add a new video, mess around with your calendar? 2012, David Pogue, iPhone: The Missing Manual, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", →ISBN, page 510:
   • The output of a multiplexer can also be glitchy due to the propagation of glitches from the data and select inputs. 1996, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design: 1996 : November 10-14, 1996, San Jose, CA : Digest of Technical Papers, IEEE Computer Society, →ISBN:
   • a glitchy computer
   • The unprecedented move comes one day after Samsung halted production of the dangerously glitchy devices. 2016 October 10, Jose Pagliery, “Samsung tells users: Turn off your Galaxy Note 7 phone NOW”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2025:
2. Characteristic of glitch or error.
   • electronic music with glitchy sounds

Forms

Deriveds

glitchily · glitchiness