glitch

glitch
/glich/, Slang.
n.
1. a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
2. Computers. any error, malfunction, or problem. Cf. bug1 (def. 5).
3. a brief or sudden interruption or surge in voltage in an electric circuit.
v.t.
4. to cause a glitch in: an accident that glitched our plans.
[1960-65; perh. < Yiddish glitsh slippery area; cf. glitshn, G glitschen to slip, slide]

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