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caffeinating

caffeinating is the present participle and gerund of caffeinate.

Meaning of caffeinate

Verb

caffeinate (third-person singular simple present caffeinates, present participle caffeinating, simple past and past participle caffeinated)

  1. (transitive) To add caffeine to something.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To drink caffeinated beverages in order to increase one's energy or wakefulness or to enhance physical or mental performance.
    • After he's caffeinated, he makes the now familiar morning commute down George Washington Memorial Parkway to Langley.2014, Marc Guggenheim, Overwatch
  3. (slang, transitive) To inject tension into (a situation, etc.) for one's own amusement; to stir things up.
  4. (slang, transitive) To provoke (a person) for one's own amusement.

Questions about caffeinating

What is caffeinating the present participle and gerund of?
Caffeinating is the present participle and gerund of caffeinate.

Words near caffeinating in the dictionary

  1. caffein
  2. caffeina
  3. caffeinate
  4. caffeinated
  5. caffeinates
  6. caffeinating
  7. caffeinator
  8. caffeinators
  9. caffeine
  10. caffeine dependence
  11. caffeine up

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