red-eye: Meaning and Definition of

red-eye

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).

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

red•eye

1. any of several fishes having red eyes, as the rock bass.
2. See
3. cheap, strong whiskey.
4. red-eye (def. 2).
5. (cap.)a shoulder-launched U.S. Army surface-to-air missile capable of destroying low-flying aircraft.

1. red-eye.