bloodshot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed
    • bloodshot eyes

WordNet

Blood"shot` adjective
Etymology
Blood + shot, p. p. of shoot to variegate.
Definitions
  1. Red and inflamed; suffused with blood, or having the vessels turgid with blood, as when the conjunctiva is inflamed or irritated.
    His eyes were bloodshot, . . . and his hair disheveled. Dickens.

Webster 1913