rehash

rehash
re|hash [ri:ˈhæʃ] v [T]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: HASH2]
1.) to use the same ideas again in a new form that is not really different or better - used to show disapproval
He simply rehashed the same story.
2.) to repeat something that was discussed earlier, especially in an annoying way
This issue has been rehashed so many times already.
>rehash [ˈri:hæʃ] n
It was just a rehash of last year's show.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • rehash — [rē′hash΄, rē′hash′; ] for v., also [ rē hash′] vt. [ RE + HASH1] to work up again or go over again [to rehash the same old arguments] n. the act or result of rehashing [a rehash of an earlier book] …   English World dictionary

  • Rehash — Re*hash (r?*h?sh ), v. t. To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rehash — Re*hash , n. Something hashed over, or made up from old materials. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rehash — index copy, repeat (state again), restatement Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • rehash — (v.) 1822, from RE (Cf. re ) again + HASH (Cf. hash) (v.). Related: Rehashed; rehashing. The noun is first attested 1849 …   Etymology dictionary

  • rehash — [v] talk over again change, discuss, reiterate, repeat, rephrase, restate, reuse, rework, rewrite, say again, state differently; concept 56 Ant. deny, refuse …   New thesaurus

  • rehash — ► VERB ▪ reuse (old ideas or material) without significant change or improvement. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of rehashing …   English terms dictionary

  • rehash — UK [ˌriːˈhæʃ] / US [ˌrɪˈhæʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms rehash : present tense I/you/we/they rehash he/she/it rehashes present participle rehashing past tense rehashed past participle rehashed to do something again without adding new ideas or… …   English dictionary

  • rehash — rehashes, rehashing, rehashed (The noun is pronounced [[t]ri͟ːhæʃ[/t]]. The verb is pronounced [[t]riːhæ̱ʃ[/t]].) 1) N COUNT: usu sing, N of n (disapproval) If you describe something as a rehash, you are criticizing it because it repeats old… …   English dictionary

  • rehash — noun (C) something such as a piece of writing or a film which is really a copy of an earlier one, although some things have been changed to make it seem new: just a rehash of the original 1959 version rehash verb (T) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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