redeye
[ red-ahy ]
/ ˈrɛdˌaɪ /
noun, plural red·eyes, (especially collectively) red·eye for 1, 2.
adjective
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Definition for redeye (2 of 2)
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
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British Dictionary definitions for redeye (1 of 2)
redeye
/ (ˈrɛdˌaɪ) /
noun
US slang
inferior whiskey
Canadian slang
a drink incorporating beer and tomato juice
another name for rudd
British Dictionary definitions for redeye (2 of 2)
red-eye
noun
informal
- an aeroplane flight leaving late at night or arriving early in the morning
- (as modifier)a red-eye flight