red-eye
/ˈɹɛdaɪ/ · noun
Meaning
- The names of animals that have red eyes.
- Types of beverages.
- (travel) An overnight airplane flight.
- Redness of the conjunctiva; especially when caused by conjunctivitis (pink-eye).
- 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.
- (travel) Often followed by it: to travel on a red-eye.
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