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reblog

reblog verb: to blog something previously posted on another blog, in particular to share a post on a microblogging platform.

Verb

reblog (third-person singular simple present reblogs, present participle reblogging, simple past and past participle reblogged)

  1. (Internet, transitive) To blog something previously posted on another blog, in particular to share a post on a microblogging platform.
    • We will also post audio (have you listened to our Big Ideas podcast yet?), and reblog the best of the online zeitgeist.2012 January 12, Jessica Reed, “Guardian comment: now available on Tumblr”, in The Guardian
    • A great Tumblr post is reblogged again and again; it tumbles across continents and generations. No surprise then that tumblr^([sic]) is a new proving ground for aspiring writers, artists and comedians.2012 March 4, Tom Meltzer, “The 10 funniest Tumblrs”, in The Guardian

Noun

reblog (plural reblogs)

  1. (Internet) The reposting of something previously posted on another blog.
    • My controversial post got thousands of reblogs within a week.
    • On Tumblr, there are posts floating around with 300,000 notes (likes and reblogs, or “reshares”) with direct Paypal links attached as people ask for emergency help with rent, lest they be kicked out and forced to move back in with abusive family or pushed into involuntary sex work.2017 April 4, Jonno Revanche, “The state has let millennials down. That’s why we crowdfund basic needs”, in The Guardian

Forms of reblog

Verb
third-person singular presentreblogs
present participlereblogging
past participlereblogged
pastreblogged
alternative abbreviationRB
Noun
pluralreblogs

Origin of reblog

From re- + blog.

Questions about reblog

What does reblog mean?
Reblog means to blog something previously posted on another blog, in particular to share a post on a microblogging platform.
What part of speech is reblog?
Reblog can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of reblog?
The past tense of reblog is reblogged.

Words near reblog in the dictionary

  1. reblockages
  2. reblocked
  3. reblocking
  4. reblockings
  5. reblocks
  6. reblog
  7. rebloggable
  8. reblogged
  9. reblogger
  10. rebloggers
  11. reblogging

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reblog (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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