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glitch

/ɡlɪtʃ/noun

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छोटी गड़बड़ी, तकनीकी ख़राबी

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    [C] informal

    a small problem or fault that stops something from working successfully

    छोटी गड़बड़ी, तकनीकी ख़राबी

    • A technical glitch delayed the result.
    • A glitch in the ticket website stopped bookings for an hour.
    • A software glitch caused the app to crash during the sale.
    + 2 more examples
    • After a small glitch at the start, the exam went smoothly.
    • Engineers fixed the glitch in the payment system overnight.

    Synonyms fault malfunction bug hitch snag

    Opposite fix solution

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

glitch (countable)

A glitch is a small fault that stops something from working properly for a short time; the plural is glitches.

Glitch एक छोटी खराबी है जो कुछ समय के लिए किसी चीज़ को ठीक से चलने नहीं देती; बहुवचन 'glitches' है।

  • A technical glitch delayed the online exam.
  • The software had several glitches.

a glitch in sth

Use in to name the system or process that has the glitch.

जिस व्यवस्था या प्रक्रिया में खराबी हो उसका नाम बताने के लिए 'in' आता है।

  • There was a glitch in the booking system.

glitch (verb, informal)

As a verb, glitch is informal and describes a machine or program suddenly misbehaving.

क्रिया के रूप में 'glitch' अनौपचारिक है और किसी मशीन या program के अचानक गड़बड़ करने को बताता है।

  • The screen glitched and went blank.

glitch vs bug

A glitch is usually temporary; a bug is a lasting error in software code.

Glitch प्रायः अस्थायी होता है; bug software code की स्थायी त्रुटि है।

  • The glitch disappeared after we restarted, but the bug remained in the code.

glitch + noun / adjective phrases

People talk about a technical glitch, a software glitch or a minor glitch, and about glitches to be ironed out.

लोग technical glitch, software glitch या minor glitch की बात करते हैं, और ऐसी glitches की जिन्हें दूर करना हो।

  • We must iron out the glitches before the exam day.
+Collocations 5

adjective + glitch

technicalminorsoftwaretemporarymajorsmall

  • A minor glitch stopped the server for an hour.

verb + glitch

fixcausereportexperiencespotiron out

  • The engineers fixed the glitch before the sale began.

glitch + preposition

inwithduringondue to

  • A glitch during payment cost him a day.

glitch + noun

reportin the systemin the appin the matrixlist

  • Please send a glitch report to the support team.

glitch + verb

occurappearaffectdelaydisappear

  • The glitch affected thousands of users.
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  • A glitch in the ticketing system left passengers waiting at the station.

टिकट प्रणाली की खराबी के कारण यात्री स्टेशन पर इंतज़ार करते रहे।

  • The website had a small glitch, but it was soon corrected.

वेबसाइट में एक छोटी खराबी आई, पर उसे जल्द सुधार लिया गया।

  • Radhika's form could not be submitted because of a server glitch.

सर्वर की गड़बड़ी के कारण राधिका का form जमा नहीं हो सका।

  • Despite a few glitches, the launch went well.

कुछ अड़चनों के बावजूद शुभारंभ अच्छा रहा।

  • The plan ran into an unexpected glitch.

योजना में एक अप्रत्याशित बाधा आ गई।

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✗ There is a glitch of the system.

✓ There is a glitch in the system.

The fault is located in the system, so use in, not of.

खराबी व्यवस्था के भीतर होती है, इसलिए 'in' लगता है, 'of' नहीं।

✗ The glitchs were solved by the engineers.

✓ The glitches were solved by the engineers.

Nouns ending in -ch add -es for the plural.

-ch पर समाप्त होने वाली संज्ञाओं का plural -es से बनता है।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Glitch, fault and bug all name something that goes wrong in a machine or program.

Glitch, fault और bug तीनों मशीन या program में गड़बड़ी के नाम हैं।

glitch

A small, usually temporary problem.

छोटी, प्रायः अस्थायी समस्या।

  • A glitch froze the screen.

fault

A broader word for something wrong in a machine, wire or system.

मशीन, तार या व्यवस्था की किसी भी गड़बड़ी के लिए व्यापक शब्द।

  • There is a fault in the wiring.

bug

A mistake in the code of a computer program.

computer program के code की त्रुटि।

  • The bug caused the app to crash.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?

Keep the small-problem words together: glitch (a small technical fault), bug (a fault in a computer program), hitch (a small problem that causes delay: 'without a hitch'), snag (a small difficulty), hiccup (informal, a small temporary problem), teething problems (problems at the start of a new project).

छोटी समस्या के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: glitch (छोटी तकनीकी खराबी), bug (कंप्यूटर program में गलती), hitch (देरी करने वाली छोटी समस्या: 'without a hitch'), snag (छोटी कठिनाई), hiccup (अनौपचारिक, छोटी अस्थायी समस्या), teething problems (नई परियोजना की शुरुआती समस्याएँ)।

“Collocations, idioms and sayings

A technical glitch, a software glitch, a minor glitch.

Collocations: a technical glitch (तकनीकी गड़बड़ी), a software glitch (सॉफ़्टवेयर की खराबी), a minor glitch (छोटी-सी रुकावट या गड़बड़ी)।

Go off without a hitch (happen exactly as planned).

Idiom 'go off without a hitch' (ठीक योजना अनुसार होना)।