[ɡlɪtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or fault of equipment
(e.g: a draft version was lost in a computer glitch)


Phrases:

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

[ɡlɪtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- suffer a sudden malfunction or fault
(e.g: the elevators glitched)


Phrases:

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