red-eye

noun18

1. •
   Redness of the conjunctiva; especially when caused by conjunctivitis (pinkeye).

   • Most eye disorders tend to present as ‘red eye’. It is the single most common ophthalmic complaint encountered by general practitioners. — 2014
2. •
   [before a noun] (US, informal) An overnight airplane flight or train trip.

   • I waited too late to book my holiday flight, so I had to take the red-eye.
3. •
   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.
4. •
   A drink made by adding a shot of espresso to a cup of coffee.

   • "Morning, Lily." She handed me a Red Eye—coffee with a shot of espresso—and blew on her own soy chai latte. — 2012
5. •
   Any of various animals that have red eyes.
6. •
   The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), a freshwater fish.
7. •
   Any of various grass-skippers or hesperiid butterflies of the genus Matapa.

   • The Common Redeye (Matapa aria Moore) is much smaller (wingspan: 40–55 mm), plain brown without any markings, but as in the Giant Redeye its eyes are red. — 2000
8. •
   The red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas), which is native to neotropical rainforests.

   • Red-eyes have large and well-developed toepads and are adept at both leaping and walking through their elevated homes. — 2006
9. •
   (Australia) A species of cicada, Psaltoda moerens, native to eastern Australia.
10. •
    (US, Canada) The red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus), a small American songbird.

    • The Red-eye sings with clear to slurred whistles using a variety of phrasings. It scolds with a harsh "dzur." [...] Red-eyes are common in city and town parks. — 1998
11. •
    (US, South-Africa) Any of various round herrings of the genus Etrumeus.
12. •
    (US) Either of two subspecies of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a venomous pit viper native to the United States: either the broad-banded copperhead or Texas copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus), or the highland moccasin or northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen).

    • Agkistrodon contortrix Linnaeus.—Cotton-mouth, Highland Moccasin, Rattlesnake Pilot, Red-eye. — 1905
13. •
    (US) Any of various sunfishes of the family Centrarchidae, especially the redeye bass (Micropterus coosae) or the rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris).

    • Redeyes inhabit clear-water streams with an abundance of shoals and are usually confined to headwater sections. — 1970
14. •
    The redeye tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae), a freshwater fish, commonly kept in aquariums, native to South America.

    • My roommate has a 30 gallon long tank that is currently stocked with 6 neons and about 30 red-eyes. The neons are large (as neons go) and the red-eyes are almost an inch and a quarter. — 1996
15. •
    (US, slang) A strong but poor-quality whiskey.

    • [W]hat I am trying to explain to you is that I have rather cracked grains and that a visit from you would not solve anything, especially with a jug of red eye when my stomach is gone. — 1967
16. •
    Types of beverages or sauces.
17. •
    (Canada) A drink consisting of beer with tomato juice.
18. •
    Ellipsis of red-eye gravy.

    • Patron : Well, let me have some big gravy for the biscuits and throw a little red eye on the grits. Waitress : Coffee? Patron : Yeah, black, please. — 1986

verb1

1. •
   (informal) Often followed by it: to travel on a red-eye (“an overnight airplane flight”).

   • I flew in this morning, red-eying it in last night after hearing of this hearing, because what you are doing here is something that I am particularly interested in. — 1988

noun1

1. •
   A cocktail made from ale, tomato juice, and egg, a variation of a Bloody Mary.

   • Bartender! Do you know how to make a Red Eye? — Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown) in the 1988 movie Cocktail