red-eye
/ˈɹɛdaɪ//ˈɹɛdˌaɪ/
noun
- 1
The names of animals that have red eyes.
- 2
Types of beverages.
- 3
(travel) An overnight airplane flight.
“I waited too late to book my holiday flight, so I had to take the red-eye.”
- 4
Redness of the conjunctiva; especially when caused by conjunctivitis (pink-eye).
- 5
Redness in the eye(s) of someone in a colour photograph, as an unwanted consequence of light from a flash reflecting off blood vessels in the retina.
verb
- 1
(travel) Often followed by it: to travel on a red-eye.
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