Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to red-eye
Participle: red-eyene
Gerund: red-eyeing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | red-eye |
| you | red-eye |
| he;she;it | red-eyees |
| we | red-eye |
| you | red-eye |
| they | red-eye |
Perfect
| I | have red-eyene |
| you | have red-eyene |
| he;she;it | has red-eyene |
| we | have red-eyene |
| you | have red-eyene |
| they | have red-eyene |
Past
| I | red-eye |
| you | red-eye |
| he;she;it | red-eye |
| we | red-eye |
| you | red-eye |
| they | red-eye |
Pluperfect
| I | had red-eyene |
| you | had red-eyene |
| he;she;it | had red-eyene |
| we | had red-eyene |
| you | had red-eyene |
| they | had red-eyene |
Future
| I | will red-eye |
| you | will red-eye |
| he;she;it | will red-eye |
| we | will red-eye |
| you | will red-eye |
| they | will red-eye |
Future Perfect
| I | will have red-eyene |
| you | will have red-eyene |
| he;she;it | will have red-eyene |
| we | will have red-eyene |
| you | will have red-eyene |
| they | will have red-eyene |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | red-eye |
| you | red-eye |
| he;she;it | red-eye |
| we | red-eye |
| you | red-eye |
| they | red-eye |
Perfect
| I | have red-eyene |
| you | have red-eyene |
| he;she;it | have red-eyene |
| we | have red-eyene |
| you | have red-eyene |
| they | have red-eyene |
Imperfect
| I | red-eye |
| you | red-eye |
| he;she;it | red-eye |
| we | red-eye |
| you | red-eye |
| they | red-eye |
Pluperfect
| I | had red-eyene |
| you | had red-eyene |
| he;she;it | had red-eyene |
| we | had red-eyene |
| you | had red-eyene |
| they | had red-eyene |
Conditional
Present
| I | would red-eye |
| you | would red-eye |
| he;she;it | would red-eye |
| we | would red-eye |
| you | would red-eye |
| they | would red-eye |
Perfect
| I | would have red-eyene |
| you | would have red-eyene |
| he;she;it | would have red-eyene |
| we | would have red-eyene |
| you | would have red-eyene |
| they | would have red-eyene |
Imperative
| you | red-eye |
| we | Let's red-eye |
| you | red-eye |
Verbs similar to 'red-eye'
redye,
reneye,
bedye,
deye,
festeye,
medley,
re-use,
recede,
redate,
redden,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is derived from red + eye; sense 2.3 (“strong but poor-quality whiskey”) and sense 3 (“overnight airplane flight”) are probably so named because they may cause people to develop bloodshot eyes.
2. The verb is derived from the noun.
Sample Sentences
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I flew in this morning, red-eying it in last night after hearing of this hearing, because what you are doing here is something that I am particularly interested in. [1988 January 28, “Witnesses: Roy Sampson, Portland, Oregon”, in Enforcement of the Indian Civil Rights Act: Hearing Held in Washington, D.C., January 28, 1988: […], [Washington, D.C.?]: United States Commission on Civil Rights, →OCLC, page 127:]
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When I arrived at the Center, Block's staff told me he had red-eyed it home from Alaska the night before; he had been surfing fifteen- to twenty-foot waves off the coast of Alaska. [2004, Brenda Hunter, “What is Cancer Saying about Our Lives?”, in Staying Alive: Life-changing Strategies for Surviving Cancer: […], Colorado Springs, Colo.: WaterBrook Press, Random House, →ISBN, page 25:]
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And though convinced she was making a fool of herself, she'd done as the frantic monk had begged, red-eyeing to Miami, island-hopping here. [2011, Glenn Kleier, chapter 7, in The Knowledge of Good & Evil, New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 37:]