Advertisement

bloodshot (adj.)

also blood-shot, of the eye, "red and inflamed by swelling of blood vessels," 1550s, short for bloodshotten (c. 1500), from blood (n.) + old past participle of shoot (v.).

Others are reading

Advertisement
Definitions of bloodshot from WordNet

bloodshot (adj.)
(of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed;
bloodshot eyes
From wordnet.princeton.edu