redeye

redeye
noun
a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep
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he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning

Syn: ↑redeye flight
Hypernyms: ↑flight

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : any of several fishes with more or less reddish eyes: as
a. : rudd
b. : rock bass 1
c.
2. : copperhead 1a

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/red"uy'/, n., pl. redeyes, (esp. collectively) redeye for 1, 2; adj.
n.
1. any of several fishes having red eyes, as the rock bass.
3. Also, red-eye, red eye. Slang. cheap, strong whiskey.
4. red-eye (def. 2).
5. (cap.) Mil. a shoulder-launched U.S. Army surface-to-air missile capable of destroying low-flying aircraft.
6. red-eye (def. 4).
adj.
7. red-eye.
[1665-75; 1920-25, for def. 3; RED1 + EYE]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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