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glitch (glic̸h)

noun

  1. Slang a mishap, error, malfunctioning, etc.
  2. a sudden, brief change in the period of a pulsar, believed to be caused by sudden changes in the structure of the rotating star

Etymology: < Ger colloq. glitsche, a slip < glitschen, to slip, slide, intens. of Ger gleiten: see glide

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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