REHASH

rehash

(noun) old material that is slightly reworked and used again; “merely a dull rehash of his first novel”

retrograde, rehash, hash over

(verb) go back over; “retrograde arguments”

rehash

(verb) present or use over, with no or few changes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

rehash (third-person singular simple present rehashes, present participle rehashing, simple past and past participle rehashed)

(transitive) To repeat with minor variation.

(transitive) To analyze a prior contentious or embarrassing event.

(transitive, computing) To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.

Noun

rehash (plural rehashes)

Something reworked, or made up from old materials.

(computing) A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.

Anagrams

• harshe, hasher

Source: Wiktionary


Re*hash" (r*hsh"), v. t.

Definition: To hash over again; to prepare or use again; as, to rehash old arguments.

Re*hash", n.

Definition: Something hashed over, or made up from old materials.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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