v. /ree run"/ ; n. /ree"run'/ , v. , reran, rerun, rerunning , n.
v.t.
1. to run again.
n.
2. the act of rerunning.
3. a showing of a motion picture or television program after its initial run, usually some months or years later.
4. the motion picture or television program being shown again.
5. Informal. a person or thing that is merely a restatement or imitation of something familiar; rehash: The plot is just a rerun of every other spy story.
[ 1795-1805; RE- + RUN ]