RED-EYE Definition & Meaning

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red-eye

[ red-ahy ]

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noun

the condition of having bloodshot eyes, as from eyestrain or lack of sleep.
Also red eye, . Informal. a commercial airline flight between two distant points that departs late at night and arrives early in the morning.
redeye ( def 3 ).
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

Also . Informal. of or indicating a long-distance flight that leaves late at night:
the red-eye special from New York to Los Angeles.

red-eye

noun

informal.
1. an aeroplane flight leaving late at night or arriving early in the morning
2. ( as modifier )
  a red-eye flight

red eye

noun

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of red-eye¹

1965–70, red-eye fordef 2

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Foster said, still red-eyed a week after the struggle.

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“Avoid products that only target red-eye relief like Visine,” she said.

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Good thing: Though he’s in town to shoot a performance for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” he’s booked on a red-eye flight to Tampa tomorrow for a stadium gig with Wallen the following night.

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Like the Norwalk group’s image, the patch featured a red-eyed skull pierced by a lightning bolt, along with two shotguns and a “Special Operations & Tactics” label.

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We flew a red-eye back East with my brother and his wife.

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