rehash

[verb ree-hash; noun ree-hash]

verb (used with object)

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

noun

the act of rehashing.
something rehashed.

Origin of rehash

First recorded in 1815–25; re- + hash¹

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Related Words for rehashing

restate, reuse, reiterate, repeat, rewrite, rephrase, rework, discuss, change

Examples from the Web for rehashing

Contemporary Examples of rehashing

The Great American Novel became more concerned with sexual shenanigans and suburban ennui, or rehashing World War II.
Is There a Ma Joad for the Piketty Era?
Katie Baker
July 1, 2014
The officials said there was little benefit in rehashing the issue.
Snowden Who? U.S. and Russian Officials Say NSA Leaker Not Part of ‘2+2’ Meetings
Josh Rogin
August 10, 2013
Photo ops and the rehashing of decade old initiatives that rehashed decades older resolutions is not going to do it.
Same Process, No Progress
Yousef Munayyer
May 3, 2013
It's also a rare pleasure to see a new piece of furniture that isn't just a rehashing or reheating of modernist cliches.
Sofa For A Siding
Blake Gopnik
February 4, 2013
The Discovery Channel documentary spends nearly its first 10 minutes rehashing the old legends—all debunked—of a surfer.
The Search for the Elusive 9/11 Surfer: Pasquale Buzzelli’s Story on Discovery Channel
Matthew DeLuca
September 12, 2012

Historical Examples of rehashing

This ain't the time and the place for rehashing, that's all.
Americans All
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Wesley talked on in this strain for some time, rehashing all the arguments he had heard Greene and Cary use.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for rehashing

rehash

verb (riːˈhæʃ)

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

noun (ˈriːˌhæʃ)

something consisting of old, reworked, or reused material

Word Origin for rehash

C19: from re- + hash 1 (to chop into pieces)

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Word Origin and History for rehashing

rehash

1822, from re- "again" + hash (v.). Related: Rehashed; rehashing.

rehash

1849, from rehash (v.); "old material worked up anew," usually of literary productions.