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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
re-record

1930, from re- + record (v.). Related: Re-recorded; re-recording.

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re-record

n. (context video games English) An instance of using a save state while recording a tool-assisted speedrun. vb. 1 To record again. 2 (context video games English) The act of using a save state while recording a tool-assisted speedrun.

Usage examples of "re-record".

He had Mozart concertos and Bach fugues that hadn't been re-recorded since 1910.

Tiam and a great deal of state-of-the-Romulan-art recording equipment, including an earpiece wherein he could follow rapid re-records of both Riley's Standard and T'Shael's translation if he so desired, were ensconced at his end.

That way, if one tape gets lost or some idiot re-records on top of what you've done, you've always got a back-up.