rehash (redirected from rehashing)

re·hash  (r-hsh)

tr.v. re·hashed, re·hash·ing, re·hash·es

1. To bring forth again in another form without significant alteration: rehashing old ideas.

2. To discuss again.

n. (rhsh)

The act or result of rehashing: a rehash of an old plot.

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rehash

Verb

to use (old or already used ideas) in a slightly different form without real improvement

Noun

old ideas presented in a new form [re- again + hash to chop into pieces]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rehash - old material that is slightly reworked and used again; "merely a dull rehash of his first novel" material - information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
Verb	1.	rehash - present or use over, with no or few changes reprocess, reuse, recycle - use again after processing; "We must recycle the cardboard boxes"
	2.	rehash - go back over; "retrograde arguments" hash over, retrograde recap, recapitulate - summarize briefly; "Let's recapitulate the main ideas"

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rehash

noun 1. reworking, rewrite, new version, rearrangement

verb 2. rework, rewrite, rearrange, change, alter, reshuffle, make over, reuse, rejig (informal) refashion

Translations

rehash [riːˈhæʃ] vt (col) → hacer un refrito de

rehash [riːˈhæʃ] vt (inf) → remanier

rehash [riːˈhæʃ] (inf) vt (idea etc) → aufwärmen

rehash [riːˈhæʃ] vt (col) → rimaneggiare