red-eye vs sponge

red-eye

noun
  • A drink consisting of beer with tomato juice. 

  • 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. 

  • A strong but poor-quality whiskey. 

  • 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. 

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

sponge

noun
  • A heavy drinker. 

  • A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic). 

  • A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge. 

  • Dough before it is kneaded and formed into loaves, and after it is converted into a light, spongy mass by the agency of the yeast or leaven. 

  • A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge). 

  • A type of light cake. 

  • A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff. 

  • The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel. 

  • A person who readily absorbs ideas. 

  • Iron ore, in masses, reduced but not melted or worked. 

  • Iron from the puddling furnace, in a pasty condition. 

  • A type of steamed pudding. 

  • Any of various marine invertebrates of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica. 

  • A porous material such as sponges consist of. 

  • A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation. 

verb
  • To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of. 

  • To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge. 

  • To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge. 

  • To take advantage of the kindness of others. 

  • To get by imposition; to scrounge. 

  • To use a piece of wild sponge as a tool when foraging for food. 

  • To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven. 

  • To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition. 

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