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Rehash

//ɹiːˈhæʃ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something reworked, or made up from old materials.

    "He wrote a bad rehash of an earlier essay."

  2. 2
    old material that is slightly reworked and used again wordnet
  3. 3
    A recomputation of the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items.
Verb
  1. 1
    To hash (chop food into small pieces) again. transitive

    "I never did care for Sunday joint that was served up cold on Monday, hashed on Tuesday, rissoled on Wednesday, and re-hashed on Thursday[.]"

  2. 2
    go back over wordnet
  3. 3
    To repeat with minor variation. transitive

    "Today's parliamentary session only rehashed last week's arguments."

  4. 4
    present or use over, with no or few changes wordnet
  5. 5
    To analyze a prior contentious or embarrassing event. transitive

    "Let's not rehash what we did last night."

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  1. 6
    To recompute the structure of a hash table, taking into account any newly added items. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + hash.

Etymology 2

From re- + hash.

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