Red-eye

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Redeye \Red"eye`\ (r[e^]d"[imac]`), n.
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) The rudd.
        (b) Same as {Redfish}
        (d) .
        (c) The goggle-eye, or fresh-water rock bass. [Local,


            U.S.]
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A scheduled public conveyance, such as a train or
        airplane, which travels late at night or overnight.
        [Colloq.]
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rudd \Rudd\, n. [See {Rud}, n.] (Zool.)
     A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus
     erythrophthalmus}). It is about the size and shape of the
     roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter
     body, and red irises. Called also {redeye}, {roud},
     {finscale}, and {shallow}. A blue variety is called
     {azurine}, or {blue roach}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  red-eye
       v : travel on an overnight flight; "The candidate red-eyed from
           California to the East Coast the night before the
           election to give a last stump speech"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  redeye
       n : a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes
           red from lack of sleep; "he took the redeye in order to
           get home the next morning" [syn: {redeye flight}]