glitch

«glitch» in Mova's school dictionary: a small fault or problem that stops something working… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a glitch, glitches)

meaning for a pupil

1) A glitch is a small fault or problem that stops something working properly for a short time, especially in computers, games or machines. tree →

2) A glitch is a small, unexpected problem in a plan. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and technology lessons glitches happen in games, apps and websites; a «glitch» in a game may let a character walk through walls. In stories it shows something went a little wrong. Phrases: a technical glitch, a minor glitch, a computer glitch.

examples

• A glitch in the game made my character fall through the floor. tree →
• The show was delayed by a technical glitch. tree →
• There was a glitch in the school's website, so we couldn't log in. tree →
• Apart from one glitch, the trip went perfectly. tree →
• The robot had a glitch and spun in circles. tree →
• The update fixed the glitch in the app. tree →
• The screen froze — just a little glitch. tree →

note

Countable: a glitch, glitches (add -es). Informal, but fine in most writing. Smaller than a «breakdown» or «crash»; a glitch is usually short and minor.

In the corpora

• "A glitch" means a fault or bug, usually in a machine or computer.
• When Jayden found a glitch that let him win every time, he wondered whether it counted as cheating.
• A glitch is a mistake in a game; using it to win in matches is unfair to others.
• Game makers want glitches reported so they can fix them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «glitch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.