rehash
[verb ree-hash; noun ree-hash]
- to work up (old material) in a new form.
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- the act of rehashing.
- something rehashed.
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Origin of rehash
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Examples from the Web for rehashing
Contemporary Examples
The Great American Novel became more concerned with sexual shenanigans and suburban ennui, or rehashing World War II.
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’ MeetingsJosh Rogin
August 10, 2013
Photo ops and the rehashing of decade old initiatives that rehashed decades older resolutions is not going to do it.
It's also a rare pleasure to see a new piece of furniture that isn't just a rehashing or reheating of modernist cliches.
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 ChannelMatthew DeLuca
September 12, 2012
Historical Examples
This ain't the time and the place for rehashing, that's all.
Americans AllVarious
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 1901Lucy Maud Montgomery
rehash
- (tr) to rework, reuse, or make over (old or already used material)
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- something consisting of old, reworked, or reused material
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Word Origin
C19: from re- + hash 1 (to chop into pieces)
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Word Origin and History for rehashing
rehash
rehash
n.
1849, from rehash (v.); "old material worked up anew," usually of literary productions.
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