Definition of a code red

code red

noun

• an emergency situation.

  Code red! We're almost out of beer.

  Last edited on Nov 30 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'code':
code brown	Definitions include: a code used in medical situations to indicate that the patient has defecated themselves.
code monkey	Definitions include: a person who writes (source) code; "programmer".
code smell	Definitions include: something that indicates poor choices made elsewhere in a code base.
g code	Definitions include: to keep your mouth shut and mind your own business.
spaghetti code	Definitions include: code whose overall structure is difficult to understand.
write-only code	Definitions include: source code that is extremely difficult to understand.
Other terms relating to 'red':
Aunt Flo and cousin Red	Definitions include: menstrual period.
case of the red *ss	Definitions include: angry, pissed off
Colombian red	Definitions include: a strain of marijuana
cousin Red	Definitions include: see Aunt Flo and cousin Red.
earn (one's) red wings	Definitions include: to give oral sex to a woman on her period, for the first time.
give the red *ss	Definitions include: something that gets on your nerves or bugs you.
in the red	Definitions include: in debt.
Jesus H. red-headed Christ	Definitions include: interjection of surprise, alarm, etc.
paint the town red	Definitions include: to have a great time around town.
Panama red	Definitions include: a strain of marijuana
RCH	Definitions include: figuratively, a very small amount.
red	Definitions include: mean; spiteful; cruel.
red-*ss	Definitions include: a person who is so intense in his/her competitive spirit that they are constantly on the verge of boiling over.
red ball	Definitions include: emergency, or a situation that needs an urgent response.
red cent	Definitions include: a very small amount of money.
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