hiccup
n.n. a small, sudden mistake or problem that happens in a process. It is a common way to describe a minor error that does not ruin the whole project.
n. a minor, sudden, and often temporary problem or error that disrupts a process or system.
The software update caused a small hiccup in the system.
The team experienced a minor hiccup during the final phase of the launch, but it was quickly resolved.
While the overall strategy was sound, a few small hiccups in the initial implementation phase delayed the project by several weeks, requiring a complete reassessment of the timeline.
From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low German hükup, huckup, hueckup (modern Low German hick (“hiccup”)), German hicksen (“to hiccup”, verb), Alemannic German Hidsgi (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”), Swedish hicka (“hiccup”), hicka (“to hiccup”, verb), Icelandic hiksti (“hiccup”). Displaced yex, from Middle English yexen, ȝisken, ȝixen, ȝoxen (“to hiccup”), from Old English ġiscian, ġeocsian (“to hiccup”).