glitch

A small, unexpected problem that stops something from working properly, often for a short time.

• A glitch stopped the music.
• The team fixed a technical glitch before the meeting.
• Have you noticed any glitches in the system?

How to use it: a glitch in something (A glitch in the payment system delayed the order.)

Similar words: fault, bug, hiccup

Common phrases: technical glitch, minor glitch, glitch in something, software glitch

An error in a game that players can use to do things the game normally prevents.

• This glitch gives players extra coins.
• She used a glitch to skip the final level.
• Speedrunners discovered a glitch that lets them pass through locked doors.

Similar words: exploit, bug

Common phrases: use a glitch, perform a glitch, glitch through walls

To suddenly stop working correctly, often for only a short time.

• My phone keeps glitching.
• The screen glitched during the video call.
• Does the app glitch when you open it?

Similar words: malfunction, act up

Common phrases: glitch during something, glitch on startup

To use an error in a video game to do something normally impossible.

• She glitched through the wall.
• Players can glitch into the locked room.
• He glitched out of the level and reached the ending early.

How to use it: glitch through/into something (You can glitch through the fence by jumping here.); glitch out of something (The player glitched out of the map.)

Similar words: exploit a bug

Common phrases: glitch through something, glitch into something, glitch out of something