rehash
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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the act of rehashing.
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something rehashed.
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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rehashsimple
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rehashessimple
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have rehashedperfect
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has rehashedperfect
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am rehashingprogressive
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are rehashingprogressive
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is rehashingprogressive
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have been rehashingperfect progressive
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has been rehashingperfect progressive
Past
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rehashedsimple
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had rehashedperfect
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was rehashingprogressive
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were rehashingprogressive
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had been rehashingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of rehash
Explanation
When you rehash something, you use it again without altering or changing it much. Your favorite band's new album will be a disappointment if they just rehash all their old hits. Sometimes movie sequels are great films in their own right, but often they simply rehash the storyline, characters, and jokes from the original. You can call a movie like this a rehash. Another way to rehash is to go over something again, rethinking or reconsidering it: "She just wants to rehash that argument, trying to figure out why her friend got so angry."
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Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
ChatGPT used deep facts about numbers to construct this beautiful arrangement, which many mathematicians find genuinely creative, not just a rehash of stuff in its training data.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026
Some of the reforms announced were a rehash of earlier proposals, such as granting greater autonomy to state-owned enterprises, which account for roughly 80 percent of economic activity.
From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026
CNN airs a rehash of the Washington Post story.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Twenty-six years after Jack and Greg first sparred, “Focker-in-Law” is set to rehash old squabbles.
From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026
They met dawn in King Walker’s gas station for a rehash of the night they had spent.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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