- glitch⇄glitch, noun, verb.
(Slang.) - glitch⇄noun 1. a minor but irritating difficulty or obstacle; small foul-up.
Ex. Goofs and glitches always creep into the early blueprints for any new aircraft (Time).
2. a sudden irregularity, such as a change in rotation, shown by a celestial bod - glitch⇄v.i. to show or undergo a glitch.
Ex. Several times ... the Crab and Vela pulsars were observed to begin suddenly to pulse faster, or ""glitch"" (Kenneth Brecher).