red water

noun

: any of several cattle diseases (such as Texas fever) characterized by hematuria

Examples of red water in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The interior of this toiletry bag is coated in a cherry red water-resistant material, so when her beauty products inevitably leak everywhere during transit, their goo won’t take the bag with it. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Mar. 2026

Fischbach's protagonist is surrounded by disembodied voices in the clip, his only company until the red waters begin flooding the vessel. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Feb. 2026

Keep an eye out for red water goblets for storing candy in. — Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 1 Feb. 2026

Ultimately, all the statues end up in place, the fountain starts spurting red water like the Kool-Aid Man had been stabbed, and their prize pot grows to $106,000. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for red water

• backwater
• bathwater
• blackwater
• breakwater
• deepwater
• edgewater
• feedwater
• floodwater
• freshwater
• granddaughter
• groundwater
• headwater

Medical Definition

red water

noun

: any of several cattle diseases characterized by hematuria

especially : any of several babesioses (as Texas fever) in which hemoglobin released by the destruction of red blood cells appears in the urine