rerun

[ verb ree-ruhn; noun ree-ruhn ]

verb (used with object)

, re·ran, re·run, re·running.

1. to run again.

noun

1. the act of rerunning.
2. a showing of a motion picture or television program after its initial run, usually some months or years later.
3. the motion picture or television program being shown again.
4. Informal. a person or thing that is merely a restatement or imitation of something familiar; rehash:

   The plot is just a rerun of every other spy story.

rerun

verb

1. to broadcast or put on (a film, play, series, etc) again
2. to run (a race, etc) again

noun

1. a film, play, series, etc, that is broadcast or put on again; repeat
2. a race that is run again
3. computing the repeat of a part of a computer program

Word History and Origins

Origin of rerun¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; re- + run

Example Sentences

We often think of memory as a rerun of the past — a mental duplication of events and sensations that we’ve experienced.

From Quanta Magazine

Even I, a staunch Real World fan, was a little excited to see Netflix’s spin on this premise, considering MTV’s current preoccupation with airing Ridiculousness reruns.

From The Daily Beast

Decades later, these at least marginally kid-safe movies had second lives as TV reruns and matinee fodder aimed at children and teens, and inspired imitations like I Was a Teenage Werewolf and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

From Vox

I couldn’t follow the plot when I glanced at a rerun of “The Odd Couple” on TV, let alone news headlines.

From Washington Blade

Give your youngster a magical mirror that teleports them into the world of shapes, colors, math, science, and never-ending reruns of “Paw Patrol.”

From Popular-Science

The specter of a potential Tea Party-fueled, Todd Akin rerun in the Georgia Senate race is nearly dead.

From The Daily Beast

They did hundreds of episodes of that show, but that one seems to rerun the most.

From The Daily Beast

This will not and cannot be a rerun of the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq.

From The Daily Beast

The obvious aim is to blame Obama and the Democrats and rerun the 2010 elections in 2014.

From The Daily Beast

Get those nachos ready and settle in for a rerun of The Daily Beast-certified best Super Bowl commercials.

From The Daily Beast

I didn't see the actual—I didn't see the—but they rerun it that Sunday.

From Project Gutenberg

Had you seen the newspaper picture of the lady, Marina Oswald, prior to the time you saw the television rerun on Sunday afternoon?

From Project Gutenberg

Even the inner workings of the critical parts have been run and rerun.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• echo
• recite
• rehash
• reiterate
• renew
• replay
• restate