rehash
pronunciation
How to pronounce rehash in British English:
UK [ˌri:ˈhæʃ]
How to pronounce rehash in American English:
US [riˈhæʃ]
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- Noun:
- old material that is slightly reworked and used again
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- Verb:
- present or use over, with no or few changes
- go back over
Word Origin
- rehash (v.)
- 1822, from re- "again" + hash (v.). Related: Rehashed; rehashing.
- rehash (n.)
- 1849, from rehash (v.); "old material worked up anew," usually of literary productions.
Example
- 1. Fitness magazines , for me , began to seem useless , because they just rehash the same articles over and over .
- 2. Some students merely rehash what they 've heard in lectures .
- 3. The movie is just a rehash of the best tv episodes .
- 4. Most are a rehash of the same old junk that didn 't sell well before .
- 5. When you criticize others , or rehash past events that you cannot change , you focus your precious energies on unnecessary concerns .