how to pronounce glitch

/ɡlɪtʃ/

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glitch is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of glitch in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… most likely a glitch in their system it …”

meanings of glitch

noun:

A problem affecting function.
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.
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.

verb:

To experience an intermittent, unexpected, malfunction.
To perform an exploit or recreate a bug while playing a video game.

glitch frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word glitch occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics glitch can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that glitch can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;