redeye

[ red-ahy ]

noun,plural red·eyes, (especially collectively) red·eye for 1, 2.
  1. any of several fishes having red eyes, as the rock bass.

  1. Also red-eye, red eye .Slang. cheap, strong whiskey.

  2. Redeye, Military. a shoulder-launched U.S. Army surface-to-air missile capable of destroying low-flying aircraft.

adjective

Origin of redeye

1
First recorded in 1665–75; 1920–25, for def. 3; red1 + eye

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Other definitions for red-eye (2 of 2)

red-eye
[ red-ahy ]

noun
  1. the condition of having bloodshot eyes, as from eyestrain or lack of sleep.

  2. Also red eye, redeye .Informal. a commercial airline flight between two distant points that departs late at night and arrives early in the morning.

  1. 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
  1. 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

2
1965–70, for def. 2

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How to use redeye in a sentence

  • All too soon the only bird notes are those of the redeye and the pewee.

    In the Open | Stanton Davis Kirkham
  • All the more we appreciate the faithful redeye and the wood-pewee.

    In the Open | Stanton Davis Kirkham

British Dictionary definitions for redeye (1 of 3)

redeye

/ (ˈrɛdˌaɪ) /


noun
  1. US slang inferior whiskey

  2. Canadian slang a drink incorporating beer and tomato juice

  1. another name for rudd

British Dictionary definitions for red eye (2 of 3)

red eye

noun
  1. 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 (3 of 3)

red-eye

noun
  1. informal

    • an aeroplane flight leaving late at night or arriving early in the morning

    • (as modifier): a red-eye flight

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