✈️ Overnight flight ☕ Coffee with espresso

redeye

1 5.5

A cup of brewed coffee with one shot of espresso

noun
/ˈrɛdˌaɪ/

Informal

: café con espresso

He loves starting his day with a redeye and a chocolate croissant.

Examples

I ordered a redeye to help wake me up for my early meeting.
- I'm leaving Paris tonight, on the redeye.

The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
Set us up with four redeyes, will you?

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
After my long night, I needed a redeye to stay awake during the morning classes.

Synonyms

coffee

vsredeye

∞ 1.0

A hot drink made by brewing roasted, ground beans with water

adds an extra espresso shot to produce a stronger drink

Compounds

redeye flight

1 4.2

A late night plane trip that arrives the next morning and leaves you tired

How Strong

redeye

Informal

1 5.5

black

100 1.0

Surface Forms

redeye singular

redeyes plural

Morphology

redeye = red + eye (semi-transparent) = red + eye

Components are identifiable, but the idiomatic name for a coffee with an added espresso shot is conventional and not strictly deducible from the parts.

Etymology

Redeye for the coffee drink follows the same idea: adding a shot of espresso to brewed coffee gives a quick boost so you do not stay tired. So, a redeye is a stronger cup of coffee meant to help you 'wake up'.