red eye
/ˈɹɛdˌaɪ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cocktail made from ale, tomato juice, and egg, a variation of a Bloody Mary.
Example Sentences
- "Bartender! Do you know how to make a Red Eye? — Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown) in the 1988 movie Cocktail"
- "[W]hat I am trying to explain to you is that I have rather cracked grains and that a visit from you would not solve anything, especially with a jug of red eye when my stomach is gone."
- "The red eye, Psaltoda moerens, is sometimes common around Sydney where its favoured host, Angophora costata, grows. In some years populations can be immense with many thousands inhabiting just a few trees."
- "Most eye disorders tend to present as ‘red eye’. It is the single most common ophthalmic complaint encountered by general practitioners."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹɛdˌaɪ/
- British English: /ˈɹɛdaɪ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Synonyms
Red Beer