Associations to the word «Rerun»

Wiktionary

RERUN, noun. (American) A television program shown after its initial presentation — particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a repeat.
RERUN, noun. (political) A political candidate who holds the same political agenda or doctrine as a past or incumbent holder of a given political office.
RERUN, noun. (computing) A second or subsequent run of a program.
RERUN, verb. (transitive) To run (a previously broadcast television program) again.
RERUN, verb. (transitive) To run (a race) again.
RERUN, verb. (transitive) To run (a computer program) again.

Dictionary definition

RERUN, noun. A program that is broadcast again; "she likes to watch `I love Lucy' reruns".
RERUN, verb. Broadcast again, as of a film.
RERUN, verb. Rerun a performance of a play, for example.
RERUN, verb. Run again for office; "Bush wants to rerun in 1996".
RERUN, verb. Cause to perform again; "We have to rerun the subjects--they misunderstood the instructions".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats