redeye
any of several fishes having red eyes, as the rock bass.
Also red-eye, red eye .Slang. cheap, strong whiskey.
Redeye, Military. a shoulder-launched U.S. Army surface-to-air missile capable of destroying low-flying aircraft.
Origin of redeye
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Other definitions for red-eye (2 of 2)
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.
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
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How to use redeye in a sentence
So on her one day off a week from the “Idol” tour, Barrett started taking redeye flights to Music City.
With streaming success and a debut hit, ‘American Idol’ finalist Gabby Barrett has become a country music anomaly | Emily Yahr | November 11, 2020 | Washington PostYou see, Campbell played a widow Don meets on the redeye back to New York after visiting Megan in Los Angeles.
All the Signs That Don Draper Will Die on ‘Mad Men’ | Kevin Fallon | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSure enough, there was the redeye, with all sails set, making up the lake.
The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview | Ralph BonehillThem ombres from the Two-Ten 106 outfit, an from over redeye way, was stuffin down them bonbons like they was ten-cent gumdrops.
Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch | Alice B. EmersonNow it appears to be the redeye, and again the chipping-sparrow.
In the Open | Stanton Davis Kirkham
All too soon the only bird notes are those of the redeye and the pewee.
In the Open | Stanton Davis KirkhamAll 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)
/ (ˈrɛdˌaɪ) /
US slang inferior whiskey
Canadian slang a drink incorporating beer and tomato juice
another name for rudd
British Dictionary definitions for red eye (2 of 3)
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)
informal
an aeroplane flight leaving late at night or arriving early in the morning
(as modifier): a red-eye flight
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