rehash

[ree-hash, ree-hash]

verb (used with object)

1. to work up (old material) in a new form.

noun

1. the act of rehashing.

2. something rehashed.

rehash

verb

1. (tr) to rework, reuse, or make over (old or already used material)

noun

1. something consisting of old, reworked, or reused material

Word History and Origins

Origin of rehash¹

First recorded in 1815–25; re- + hash ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of rehash¹

C19: from _re- + _hash ¹ (to chop into pieces)

Example Sentences

Daily posts on his X account feature old photos of himself and rehashed quotes.

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Her move leaves this obvious attempt to rehash “Russiagate” too stale for even Fox News to hype.

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It was mainstream conservatives who voted unanimously against Barack Obama’s rather tepid Affordable Care Act, itself a rehash of a Heritage Foundation proposal from the 1990s.

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Lawyers for the families of Letby's victims have dismissed the medical panel's conclusions as "full of analytical holes" and "a rehash" of the defence case heard at trial.

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Those key takeaways are nestled among rehashed pledges like expanding free school meals and introducing free breakfast clubs.

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Related Words

• restate 
• reuse