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    red-eye
    /ˈrɛdʌɪ/

    noun

    • 1. the undesirable effect in flash photography of people appearing to have red eyes, caused by a reflection from the retina when the flashgun is too near the camera lens: "a pre-flash emission to minimize red-eye"
    • 2. a flight on which a passenger cannot expect to get much sleep on account of the time of departure or arrival: informal North American "she caught the red-eye back to New York"

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