rerun
[verb ree-ruhn; noun ree-ruhn]
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.
Origin of rerun
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Related Words for rerun
repetition, replay, recite, rehash, reiterate, echo, renew, restate, reiteration, recapitulation, reproduction, imitate, relate, recapitulate, iterate, chime, redo, recur, reform, rehearseExamples from the Web for rerun
Contemporary Examples of rerun
The specter of a potential Tea Party-fueled, Todd Akin rerun in the Georgia Senate race is nearly dead.
They did hundreds of episodes of that show, but that one seems to rerun the most.
This will not and cannot be a rerun of the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq.
The obvious aim is to blame Obama and the Democrats and rerun the 2010 elections in 2014.
Get those nachos ready and settle in for a rerun of The Daily Beast-certified best Super Bowl commercials.
Historical Examples of rerun
Even the inner workings of the critical parts have been run and rerun.
The Scarlet Lake MysteryHarold Leland Goodwin
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
rerun
verb (riːˈrʌn) -runs, -running or -ran (tr)
noun (ˈriːˌrʌn)
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