gin vs red-eye

gin

noun
  • A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by distilling fermented grains such as barley, corn, oats or rye with juniper berries; the base for many cocktails. 

  • A snare or trap for game. 

  • A windpump. 

  • An Aboriginal woman. 

  • An instrument of torture worked with screws. 

  • Gin rummy. 

  • A cotton gin. 

  • Drawing the best card or combination of cards. 

  • A hoisting drum, usually vertical; a whim. 

  • A pile driver. 

  • A machine for raising or moving heavy objects, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys, ropes, etc. 

conj
  • If. 

verb
  • To trap something in a gin. 

  • To remove the seeds from cotton with a cotton gin. 

red-eye

noun
  • A strong but poor-quality whiskey. 

  • Either of two subspecies of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a venomous pit viper native to the United States: either the broad-banded copperhead or Texas copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus), or the highland moccasin or northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen). 

  • The redeye tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae), a freshwater fish, commonly kept in aquariums, native to South America. 

  • The red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus), a small American songbird. 

  • Redness in the eye(s) of someone in a colour photograph, as an unwanted consequence of light from a flash reflecting off blood vessels in the retina. 

  • Any of various sunfishes of the family Centrarchidae, especially the redeye bass (Micropterus coosae). 

  • A drink made by adding a shot of espresso to a cup of coffee. 

  • An overnight airplane flight. 

  • The red-eyed treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas), which is native to neotropical rainforests. 

  • Redness of the conjunctiva; especially when caused by conjunctivitis (pink-eye). 

  • The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), a freshwater fish. 

  • A species of cicada, Psaltoda moerens, native to eastern Australia. 

  • Any of various round herrings of the genus Etrumeus. 

  • Any of various grass-skippers or hesperiid butterflies of the genus Matapa. 

  • A drink consisting of beer with tomato juice. 

verb
  • Often followed by it: to travel on a red-eye (“an overnight airplane flight”). 

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