rehash

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 ideas, facts, or themes, though some things have been changed to make it appear new.

The Observer found the play `a feeble rehash of familiar Miller themes'...

Most of the `new' models promised by American car makers look set to be little more than rehashes of existing products.

2) VERB (disapproval) 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.

[V n] They've taken some of the best bits out of the best things and rehashed them...

[V-ed] They are just bringing up all their old rehashed claims with no prospect or vision for the future.

Derived words:
rehashing N-SING usu N of n

...the embarrassing rehashing of an old scandal.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • 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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