glitches
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- IPA /ˈɡlɪtʃɪz/
Noun
glitches noun
- A problem affecting function.“They are still trying to work out all the glitches.”
- An unexpected behavior in an electrical signal, especially if the signal spontaneously returns to expected behavior after a period of time.
- A bug or an exploit.“Performing this glitch gives you extra lives.”
- A genre of experimental electronic music since the 1990s, characterized by a deliberate use of sonic artifacts that would normally be viewed as unwanted noise.
Verb
glitches verb
- (especially of machines) To experience an intermittent, unexpected, malfunction.“My computer keeps glitching; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.”
- To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.“His character will glitch into the wall and out of the level.”
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bughitchimperfectionquirkanomaliesdefectsflawsimbalancesproblemsexploitsbuggederrorsmalfunctioncrashesbuggymalfunctionsinconsistenciesmalfunctioning
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