RERUN
rerun
(noun) a program that is broadcast again; “she likes to watch ‘I love Lucy’ reruns”
rerun
(verb) cause to perform again; “We have to rerun the subjects--they misunderstood the instructions”
rerun, rebroadcast
(verb) broadcast again, as of a film
rerun
(verb) run again for office; “Bush wants to rerun in 1996”
rerun
(verb) rerun a performance of a play, for example
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rerun (plural reruns)
(American) A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
(publishing) Another printing run (impression; batch of copies of a given edition) of a book, cartoon, etc.
(political) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
(computing) A second or subsequent run of a program.
Synonyms
• (television program shown after its initial presentation): repeat
Verb
rerun (third-person singular simple present reruns, present participle rerunning, simple past reran, past participle rerun)
(transitive) To run (a previously broadcast television program) again.
(transitive) To run (a race) again.
(transitive) To run (a computer program) again.
Synonyms
• reair
Anagrams
• runer
Source: Wiktionary