Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to glitch
Participle: glitched
Gerund: glitching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | glitch |
| you | glitch |
| he;she;it | glitches |
| we | glitch |
| you | glitch |
| they | glitch |
Perfect
| I | have glitched |
| you | have glitched |
| he;she;it | has glitched |
| we | have glitched |
| you | have glitched |
| they | have glitched |
Past
| I | glitched |
| you | glitched |
| he;she;it | glitched |
| we | glitched |
| you | glitched |
| they | glitched |
Pluperfect
| I | had glitched |
| you | had glitched |
| he;she;it | had glitched |
| we | had glitched |
| you | had glitched |
| they | had glitched |
Future
| I | will glitch |
| you | will glitch |
| he;she;it | will glitch |
| we | will glitch |
| you | will glitch |
| they | will glitch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have glitched |
| you | will have glitched |
| he;she;it | will have glitched |
| we | will have glitched |
| you | will have glitched |
| they | will have glitched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | glitch |
| you | glitch |
| he;she;it | glitch |
| we | glitch |
| you | glitch |
| they | glitch |
Perfect
| I | have glitched |
| you | have glitched |
| he;she;it | have glitched |
| we | have glitched |
| you | have glitched |
| they | have glitched |
Imperfect
| I | glitched |
| you | glitched |
| he;she;it | glitched |
| we | glitched |
| you | glitched |
| they | glitched |
Pluperfect
| I | had glitched |
| you | had glitched |
| he;she;it | had glitched |
| we | had glitched |
| you | had glitched |
| they | had glitched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would glitch |
| you | would glitch |
| he;she;it | would glitch |
| we | would glitch |
| you | would glitch |
| they | would glitch |
Perfect
| I | would have glitched |
| you | would have glitched |
| he;she;it | would have glitched |
| we | would have glitched |
| you | would have glitched |
| they | would have glitched |
Imperative
| you | glitch |
| we | Let's glitch |
| you | glitch |
Verbs conjugated like 'glitch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'glitch'
clitch,
flitch,
glutch,
bitch,
blotch,
clatch,
clinch,
clutch,
ditch,
fletch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Probably borrowed from Yiddish גליטש (glitsh), from German glitschig (“slippy”), from glitschen (“to slide, glide, slip”) + -ig (“-y”). Related to gleiten (“glide”). Cognate with French glisser (“to slip, slide, skid”).
2. Popularized in the 1960s, by the US space program. Attested in 1962 by American astronaut John Glenn, in reference to spikes in electrical current. See: French '
glisser'.
Sample Sentences
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My computer keeps glitching; every couple of hours it just reboots without warning.
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Jake’s parents, played unnervingly well by Colette and Thewlis, are like alien robots who have been programmed to behave like human beings, but keep glitching. [2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC:]
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His character will glitch into the wall and out of the level.