bloodshot

[ bluhd-shot ]

/ ˈblʌdˌʃɒt /

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adjective

(of the eyes) red because of dilated blood vessels.

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Nearby words

bloodline, bloodmobile, bloodnoun, bloodroot, bloodshed, bloodshot, bloodstain, bloodstained, bloodstock, bloodstock industry, bloodstone

Origin of bloodshot

1545–55; apocopated variant of blood-shotten. See blood, shotten

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Examples from the Web for bloodshot

He emerged with two fully covered arms, ringed with vines and bloodshot eyes.
Laws Gone Wild: As Teen Sweethearts Go to Prison for Sex, Mothers Rebel|Abigail Pesta|January 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Pierre Legros raised his bloodshot eyes in half-defiant remonstrance.
A Traitor's Wooing|Headon Hill
With bloodshot eyes, and gaping mouth, and flaming nostrils, the hideous creature came rushing onwards.
The Story of Siegfried|James Baldwin
He had regained control over himself, although his features still worked and his eyes were bloodshot.
The Story of Bawn|Katharine Tynan

His eyes were ringed and bloodshot with fatigue, and with incipient snow-blindness.
Murder Point|Coningsby Dawson
His eyes were bloodshot; brutal curses rushed to his lips; he was choking.
Two banks of the Seine|Fernand Vandrem

British Dictionary definitions for bloodshot

bloodshot

/ (ˈblʌdˌʃɒt) /

adjective

(of an eye) inflamed

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Medicine definitions for bloodshot

bloodshot

[ blŭd′shŏt′ ]

adj.

Red and inflamed as a result of locally congested blood vessels, as of the eyes.