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redeye

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈrɛdˌaɪ/


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
redeye /ˈrɛdˌaɪ/ n
  1. US slang inferior whiskey
  2. Canadian slang a drink incorporating beer and tomato juice
  3. another name for rudd
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
red-eye  (redī′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the condition of having bloodshot eyes, as from eyestrain or lack of sleep.
  2. Informal TermsAlso, red eye′, redeye. a commercial airline flight between two distant points that departs late at night and arrives early in the morning.
  3. Slang Termsredeye (def. 3).
  4. Philosophyan 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.

adj. 
  1. Informal TermsAlso, redeye. of or indicating a long-distance flight that leaves late at night:the red-eye special from New York to Los Angeles.
  • 1965–70, for def. 2

red•eye  (redī′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -eyes, (esp. collectively) -eye for 1, 2;
adj. 

n. 
  1. Fishany of several fishes having red eyes, as the rock bass.
  2. BirdsSee red-eyed vireo. 
  3. Slang TermsAlso, red-eye, red eye′. cheap, strong whiskey.
  4. Informal Termsred-eye (def. 2).
  5. Military(cap.) a shoulder-launched U.S. Army surface-to-air missile capable of destroying low-flying aircraft.
  6. red-eye (def. 4).

adj. 
  1. Informal Termsred-eye.
  • 1665–75; 1920–25, for def. 3; red1 + eye

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
red-eye n
  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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