Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense rehashes, present participle rehashing, past tense, past participle rehashedpronunciation note: The noun is pronounced (riːhæʃ). The verb is pronounced (riːhæʃ).
1. countable noun [usually singular]
If you describe something as a rehash, you are criticizing it because it repeats old ideas, facts, or themes, though some things have been changed to make it appear new.
[disapproval]
The Observer found the play 'a feeble rehash of familiar Miller themes'. [+ of]
Most of the 'new' models look set to be little more than rehashes of existing products.
Synonyms: reworking, rewrite, new version, rearrangement More Synonyms of rehash
2. verb
If you say that someone rehashes old ideas, facts, or accusations, you disapprove of the fact that they present them in a slightly different way so that they seem new or original.
[disapproval]
They've taken some of the best bits out of the best things and rehashed them. [VERB noun]
They are just bringing up old rehashed claims, with no vision for the future. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: rework, rewrite, rearrange, change More Synonyms of rehash
rehashingsingular noun [usually NOUNof noun]
...the embarrassing rehashing of an old scandal.
rehash in British English
verb (riːˈhæʃ)
1. (transitive)
to rework, reuse, or make over (old or already used material)
noun (ˈriːˌhæʃ)
2.
something consisting of old, reworked, or reused material
Word origin
C19: from re- + hash1 (to chop into pieces)
rehash in American English
(ˈriˌhæʃ; ˈriˈhæʃ; for v., also riˈhæʃ)
verb transitive
1.
to work up again or go over again
to rehash the same old arguments
noun
2.
the act or result of rehashing
a rehash of an earlier book
Word origin
re- + hash1
Examples of 'rehash' in a sentence
rehash
Hadn't they got anything better to print than to rehash the Mary Nolan Miracle story again?
Stewart, Michael GRACE (2003)
`Elizabeth, we don't have to rehash our opposing world views.
Reeves, Robert DOUBTING THOMAS (2003)
Don't worry, we'll just rehash what he already knows the next time we see him," Graham assured him.
MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER (2003)
Several false starts later, I sold my first book, Hunter's Moon, which was a rehash of many of the dark themes from my earlier life.
Chuck Logan VAPOR TRAIL (2003)
(noun)
Definition
old ideas presented in a new form
It was a rehash of an old script.
Synonyms
reworking
rewrite
new version
rearrangement
(verb)
Definition
to use (old or already used ideas) in a slightly different form without real improvement
The tour seems to rely heavily on rehashed old favourites.
Synonyms
rework
rewrite
rearrange
You may cancel or rearrange the appointment.
change
alter
reshuffle
make over
reuse
rejig (informal)
refashion
Additional synonyms
in the sense of rearrange
Definition
to organize differently
You may cancel or rearrange the appointment.
Synonyms
reschedule,
alter,
adjust,
reshuffle,
reorganize,
reorder,
rejig (informal)
in the sense of rejig
Definition
to rearrange or manipulate, sometimes in an unscrupulous way