glitch

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  1. noun A minor malfunction, mishap, or technical problem; a snag: a computer glitch; a navigational glitch; a glitch in the negotiations.
  2. noun A false or spurious electronic signal caused by a brief, unwanted surge of electric power.
  3. noun Astronomy A sudden change in the period of rotation of a neutron star.
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  1. Probably from Yiddish glitsh, a slip, lapse, from glitshn, to slip, from Middle High German glitschen, alteration of glīten, to glide, from Old High German glītan; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.
 

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