red-eye
[ red-ahy ]
/ ˈrɛdˌaɪ /
noun
the condition of having bloodshot eyes, as from eyestrain or lack of sleep.
Also red eye, redeye. Informal.
a commercial airline flight between two distant points that departs late at night and arrives early in the morning.
an unwanted photographic effect in which a person's iris appears to be red: caused by the reflection of a flashbulb off the blood vessels of the retina.
adjective
Also redeye. Informal.
of or indicating a long-distance flight that leaves late at night: the red-eye special from New York to Los Angeles.
Origin of red-eye
1965–70,
for def 2
Words nearby red-eye
Definition for red eye (2 of 2)
redeye
[ red-ahy ]
/ ˈrɛdˌaɪ /
noun, plural red·eyes, (especially collectively) red·eye for 1, 2.
adjective
British Dictionary definitions for red eye (1 of 3)
red eye
noun
photog
an undesirable effect that sometimes appears in flashlight portraits when light from the flash enters the eye and is reflected from the retina on to the film, producing a red colour
British Dictionary definitions for red eye (2 of 3)
redeye
/ (ˈrɛdˌaɪ) /
noun
US slang
inferior whiskey
Canadian slang
a drink incorporating beer and tomato juice
another name for rudd
British Dictionary definitions for red eye (3 of 3)
red-eye
noun
informal
- an aeroplane flight leaving late at night or arriving early in the morning
- (as modifier)a red-eye flight