overcaffeinate en · VERB
Etymology
From over- + caffeinate.
Meanings
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(ambitransitive) To imbibe or cause to imbibe too much caffeine.
I have seen people seriously overcaffeinate, as your tolerance will be less than when you are eating regular meals.
2017, Robb Wolf, Wired to Eat, →ISBN:So the waiters used to deliberately overcaffeinate him.
2004, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Hotel Babylon, page 76:Jimmy, my husband, swears I always overcaffeinate the morning of a child's party.
2003, Vicki Iovine, The Girlfriends' Guide to Parties and Playdates, →ISBN:It probably hadn't been the best idea to overcaffeinate before this conversation.
2016, Fortune's Special Delivery, →ISBN, page 36:
- (transitive, uncommon) To add an excessive amount of caffeine to something.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overcaffeinating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overcaffeinates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| overcaffeinated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| overcaffeinated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |