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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

1. : any of several fishes with more or less reddish eyes: as

a. : rudd

b. : rock bass 1

c.

(1) : smallmouth black bass

(2) : redeye black bass

d. : warmouth

2. : copperhead 1a

/red"uy'/, n., pl. redeyes, (esp. collectively) redeye for 1, 2; adj.

1. any of several fishes having red eyes, as the rock bass.

2. See red-eyed vireo.

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).

7. red-eye.

[1665-75; 1920-25, for def. 3; RED¹ + EYE]