rewind

verb re·wind \ (ˌ)rē-ˈwīnd \

Updated on: 10 Apr 2018

Definition of rewind

rewound play \(ˌ)rē-ˈwau̇nd\; rewinding

transitive verb

: to wind again; especially : to reverse the winding of

rewind film

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Examples of rewind in a Sentence

Rewind the tape so that we can hear that song again.

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Her music sounds like when a reggae selector rewinds a song.

— michael harriot, The Root, "I Tried It: Bacon Is the Sza of Meats," 12 Oct. 2017
To do this, some are taking the unusual move of rewinding the technological dial, debating measures that would add paper ballots — similar to how many Americans voted before electronic voting started to become widespread in the 1980s.

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "So I Called Trump a Dotard First. I Won't Be Suing Kim Jong-un.," 22 Sep. 2017
Oh, and player character Max just happened to be able to rewind time.

— steven strom, Ars Technica, "Life Is Strange: Before the Storm," 5 Sep. 2017
Detroit Free Press sports writer Carlos Monarrez rewinds the clock 60 years and looks back at each game of the Detroit Lions’ 1957 championship season.

— carlos monarrez, Detroit Free Press, "1957 Detroit Lions: What happened each game during championship season," 5 Sep. 2017
Rewind a few months, and the promise of clear, summer skies in Seattle seemed like a far-off dream.

— jessica lee, The Seattle Times, "How has the smoke in Seattle from B.C. wildfires affected your summer? We want to know," 9 Aug. 2017
To rewind, Holt was elevated after Williams was found to have misrepresented his role in covering some news stories.

— david bauder, The Seattle Times, "Holt is a steadying force for NBC as anchor," 10 July 2017
Protect the ball Rewind the tape on the Durant play a few extra seconds and the root cause of Cleveland’s transition dilemma starts back from the screen.

— ben golliver, SI.com, "LeBron Must Adjust For The Cavs To Win Game 2," 5 June 2017
The Saints head coach can simply rewind the tapes back to when Bush and Sproles played in the offense and that’s the precise role Kamara will assume right away.

— NOLA.com, "11 Saints offensive players to watch in OTAs, minicamp," 18 May 2017

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First Known Use of rewind

1717

rewind

noun re·wind \ ˈrē-ˌwīnd , (ˌ)rē-ˈwīnd \

Definition of rewind

1 : something that rewinds or is rewound

2 : an act of rewinding

3 : a function of an electronic device that reverses a recording to a previous portion

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Pressing rewind is an understandable desire these days.

— jake coyle, kansascity, "Spielberg romps through the past in ‘Ready Player One’ | The Kansas City Star," 28 Mar. 2018
Major League Baseball doesn't come with a rewind button, manager Jeff Banister said on Friday afternoon.

— jeff wilson, star-telegram, "A second chance three years later? Rua in line to be Rangers' left fielder again | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 23 Mar. 2018
So about that $31,000 dining set Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson wants to hit rewind on his exorbitantly expensive Washington, D.C., executive suite makeover.

— USA TODAY, "And the envelope please...Can Jordan Peele's 'Get Out' shake up the Oscars?," 1 Mar. 2018
But considering the response, the two have decided to re-up and give their loyal base another dosage of neck-snapping beats and rewind button-worthy rhymes with PRhyme 2.

— andreas hale, Billboard, "PRhyme Talk New Album 'PRhyme 2,' Ageism in Hip-Hop & Premiere New Video 'Rock It'," 28 Feb. 2018
Except actually, don’t waste your time investing in it, because like every other scene here, Cho might wash her hands of it, rewind and start over with the next blackout.

— lily janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, "Berkeley Rep’s ‘Office Hour’ that examines a mass shooting threat a big misfire," 2 Mar. 2018
The refs don’t get a chance to hit stop and rewind and that kind of stuff.

— helene st. james, Detroit Free Press, "Wings wonder after loss to Stars: Did refs have eyes out for Witkowski?," 17 Jan. 2018
From here, the book rewinds, and moves back and forth between this framing narrative of Isaac's visit to Morocco and the history he and Ulli share.

— ilana masad, latimes.com, "A family's hidden history unfurls in Anne Raeff's 'Winter Kept Us Warm'," 9 Feb. 2018
His pantomime to the Sugar Plum Fairy was a clear and amusing rewind on the battle.

— ellen dunkel, Philly.com, "Pennsylvania Ballet delivers the Christmas magic in 'Nutcracker'," 10 Dec. 2017

First Known Use of rewind

1926

REWIND Defined for English Language Learners

rewind

verb

Definition of rewind for English Language Learners

: to make (a recording) go backwards

rewind

noun

Definition of rewind for English Language Learners

: a function that causes a recording (such as an audiotape or a videotape) to go backwards

REWIND Defined for Kids

rewind

verb re·wind \ rē-ˈwīnd \

Definition of rewind for Students

rewound \-ˈwau̇nd\; rewinding

: to reverse the winding or direction of play of

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