Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To enlist again for military service.
  • intransitive verb To sign a renewed contract for employment or service.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb US, military To reenlist; to renegotiate a contract
  • verb slang To refill one's drug stash

Etymologies

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Possibly blend of re-enlist and sign up

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  • Apparently this is some kind of pop culture rap music thing, but I heard it in a meeting at my company, so I associate with corporate culture's blunt lexicon.

    October 23, 2007

  • I imagine this is originally a military term, describing signing on for another term. UD says it is getting more drugs.

    October 23, 2007

  • Military sense, probably from 're-sign-up', in Doonesbury.

    July 27, 2009

  • I'd just like to repeat, having seen this word in a news headline, that it is a Dumb word!

    April 20, 2010

  • I'd just like to repeat, having seen this word in a news headline, that it is a Dumb word!

    April 20, 2010

  • I first heard this in a Macklemore song in 2013, now I seen it in my Twitter feed as repeat.

    January 26, 2014