red-eye

noun

ˈred-ˌī 

1

: cheap whiskey

2

: the phenomenon of a subject's eyes appearing red in a color photograph taken with a flash

3

: a late night or overnight flight

Examples of red-eye in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When the airlines will begin red-eye flights has not yet been determined. —Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024

The latest Companion Pass promotion comes on the heels of Southwest’s plans to start red-eye flights sometime in the next two years. —Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024

However, my youngest expressed a momentary bout of fear while attempting to go to bed, about the film's main antagonist, Zuul—the creepy, dog-like demon with red-eyes who is a minion of the evil Gozer. —Kristina Behr, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024

Rochas Courtesy of Rochas Chloe Malle, Editor, Vogue.com Go straight from the red carpet onto a red-eye in Rochas’s pillow-like ice blue satin puffer and slip. —Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 8 Mar. 2024

Taiwanese couples and families in a long line wait patiently behind the China Airlines counter to check in for the red-eye flight to Taipei. —Longreads, 8 Feb. 2024

The royal was spotted returning to Heathrow Airport on Wednesday afternoon, the New York Post reports, after touching down there on a red-eye from L.A. around 2 p.m. on Tuesday. —Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2024

This can mean anything from a quick three-hour domestic flight to Miami for a food and wine festival or a long-haul red-eye flight to Italy to cover an olive harvest or go vineyard hopping. —Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2024

From comfy clothing to wear during a red-eye flight to the perfect backpack to accompany you on hiking trips, cross-country travels, and more, the retailer has no shortage of gear to make any vacation more enjoyable. —Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 13 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1