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   glitch

   /ɡlɪtʃ/

   noun

   • 1. a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or fault of equipment: "a draft version was lost in a computer glitch"
   • ▪ an unexpected setback: "the only glitch in his year is failing to qualify for the Masters"
   • ▪ a brief irregularity in the rotation of a pulsar.

   verb

   • 1. suffer a sudden malfunction or fault: US "the elevators glitched"

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

   Scrabble Points: 12

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     2

   • L

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   • I

     1

   • T

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   • C

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   • H

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