redeye
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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.
3.
redeye ( def 3 ).
4.
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
5.
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.
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Redeye
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Origin:
1965–70, for def 2
1965–70, for def 2
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redeye (ˈrɛdˌaɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | slang (US) inferior whiskey |
| 2. | slang (Canadian) a drink incorporating beer and tomato juice |
| 3. | another name for rudd |
| red-eye | |
| —n | |
| informal | |
| a. an aeroplane flight leaving late at night or arriving early in the morning | |
| b. (as modifier): a red-eye flight | |
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Word Origin & History
red-eye
"airplane flight which deprives travelers of sleep," 1968, from the red eyes of sleeplessness; earlier as a noun meaning "raw and inferior whiskey" (1819, Amer.Eng.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
But the ham turned out to be a triumph-sliced thin, and fried, and served with a bowl of redeye gravy.
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