rerun

[ verb ree-ruhn; noun ree-ruhn ]

/ verb riˈrʌn; noun ˈriˌrʌn /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR rerun ON THESAURUS.COM

verb (used with object), re·ran, re·run, re·running.

to run again.

noun

the act of rerunning.

a showing of a motion picture or television program after its initial run, usually some months or years later.

the motion picture or television program being shown again.

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.

QUIZZES

Can You Remember Your Favorite Words Of The Day From March?

Even if you’re a habitué of Word of the Day, you haven’t seen our March words in these ways! Challenge yourself to our comprehensive quiz!

Question 1 of 15

What does "habitué" mean?

a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste.

a frequent or habitual visitor to a place.

a lazy person who stays in bed long after the usual time for arising.

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of rerun

First recorded in 1795–1805; re- + run

Words nearby rerun

reredos, rerelease, reremai, reremouse, rereward, rerun, res, res adjudicata, res gestae, res ipsa loquitur, res judicata

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for rerun

The specter of a potential Tea Party-fueled, Todd Akin rerun in the Georgia Senate race is nearly dead.
Tea Party Flops in Georgia Senate Race|Patricia Murphy|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They did hundreds of episodes of that show, but that one seems to rerun the most.
‘Hocus Pocus’ Turns 20: Meet the Voice Behind Binx the Talking Cat|Kevin Fallon|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This will not and cannot be a rerun of the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq.
What To Do In Syria|Hussein Ibish|June 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The obvious aim is to blame Obama and the Democrats and rerun the 2010 elections in 2014.
Tea-Fueled Republican Resistance Compels Barack Obama To Keep Running|Robert Shrum|March 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Get those nachos ready and settle in for a rerun of The Daily Beast-certified best Super Bowl commercials.
The 15 Best Super Bowl 2013 Commercials (VIDEO)|Nina Strochlic|February 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I didn't see the actual—I didn't see the—but they rerun it that Sunday.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Even the inner workings of the critical parts have been run and rerun.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin

British Dictionary definitions for rerun

rerun

verb (riːˈrʌn) -runs, -running or -ran (tr)

to broadcast or put on (a film, play, series, etc) again

to run (a race, etc) again

noun (ˈriːˌrʌn)

a film, play, series, etc, that is broadcast or put on again; repeat

a race that is run again

computing the repeat of a part of a computer program

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rerun

verb (used with object), re·ran, re·run, re·running.

noun

QUIZZES

Origin of rerun

Words nearby rerun

Words related to rerun

Example sentences from the Web for rerun

British Dictionary definitions for rerun

verb (riːˈrʌn) -runs, -running or -ran (tr)

noun (ˈriːˌrʌn)