Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Informal A late-night or overnight flight.
- noun Any of several fishes with red eyes, as the rock bass.
- noun A coloration of the pupils in a color photograph, red in humans and varying in color in animals, caused by the reflection of the flash off the retina or tapetum.
- noun Slang Inferior whiskey.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cyprinoid fish, Leuciscus erythrophthalmus, having a red iris; the rudd.
- noun The Blue-spotted sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus.
- noun The rock-bass, Ambloplites rupestris. See cut under
rock-bass . - noun The red-eyed vireo or greenlet, Vireo olivaceus, having the iris red. See cut under
greenlet . - noun A strong and fiery whisky: so called from its effect upon the eyes of drinkers.
- noun The blue-green sunfish.
- noun A species of European chubb, Scardinius erythrophthalmus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Local, U.S., Local, U.S. The rudd.
- noun Local, U.S., Local, U.S. Same as
redfish (d). - noun Local, U.S. The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass.
- noun colloq. A scheduled public conveyance, such as a train or airplane, which travels late at night or overnight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The effect in a
photograph taken withflash of a subject's eyes appearing red due to the reflection of light from the blood vessels in theretina - noun Alternative spelling of
red-eye . - adjective Alternative spelling of
red-eye .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb travel on an overnight flight
- noun a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep
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Examples
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I managed to find some free parking pretty close to their office, and me and my girl stopped off at a coffee shop for what was there called a "redeye": a big cup of dark-roast coffee with a shot of espresso thrown in for extra octane.
Archive 2008-07-27 Leigh 2008
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I managed to find some free parking pretty close to their office, and me and my girl stopped off at a coffee shop for what was there called a "redeye": a big cup of dark-roast coffee with a shot of espresso thrown in for extra octane.
Apartment Hunting Highs and Lows Leigh 2008
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To connect the Redeye to your home's network - first select 'redeye' from your iPhone's WiFi menu - just launch the app, click 'setup' located at the foot of the iPhone's screen.
GadgetReview 2010
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Jan 20, 2009 | not rated yet | no comments yet (PhysOrg. com) -- Airline passengers arriving in Atlanta on early morning "redeye" flights during the past few months may have noticed something different during their descent to the runway.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Friday drive down to San Diego and spend Friday, Saturday, and part/all of Sunday there and your return flight would be a redeye Sunday night.
Talk about Travel 2011
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The hilly city bring comfortable shoes is a seven-hour direct flight from New York, and the Friday night redeye lands you at a perfect time to begin a whirlwind weekend adventure.
Take Monday Off: Lisbon Chris Nuttall-Smith 2011
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The extortion takes place during a redeye flight from Dallas to Miami, hence the title.
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Mikko Takkunen for the Wall Street Journal Mr. Kirkwood, just off a redeye flight from New York, works on a shoe for next season.
The Next Louboutin? 2011
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More on that later, after I've recovered from taking the redeye back.
Economic Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Icelandair's redeye flight from New York's John F. Kennedy airport lands you at Reykjavik's stunning Scandinavian-style airport in less than six hours.
Take Monday Off: Iceland Dennis K. Berman 2011
actung commented on the word redeye
coffee with a shot of espresso
December 10, 2010