Meaning & use
glitch
A small, usually temporary malfunction or error, especially in a machine or computer system.
See it in a sentence
A software glitch caused the app to crash every time it opened.
The concert paused briefly due to a glitch in the sound system.
A note on using this word
Glitch suggests a minor, often mysterious problem, in contrast to a bug, which usually refers to a specific coding error.
Words with a similar meaning
malfunctionbug
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