Redeye (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural red·eyes, (especially collectively) red·eye for 1, 2.
  1. any of several fishes having red eyes, as the rock bass.
  2. red-eyed vireo.
  3. cheap, strong whiskey.
  4. red-eye (def. 2).
  5. a shoulder-launched U.S. Army surface-to-air missile capable of destroying low-flying aircraft.
  6. red-eye (def. 4).
adjective
  1. red-eye.
noun
  1. the condition of having bloodshot eyes, as from eyestrain or lack of sleep.
  2. 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
  1. of or indicating a long-distance flight that leaves late at night: the red-eye special from New York to Los Angeles.
noun
  1. inferior whiskey
  2. a drink incorporating beer and tomato juice
  3. another name for rudd
noun
  1. 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
noun
  1. informal
    • an aeroplane flight leaving late at night or arriving early in the morning
    • (as modifier)
Redeye (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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