overcaffeinate
overcaffeinate verb: to imbibe or cause to imbibe too much caffeine.
Verb
overcaffeinate (third-person singular simple present overcaffeinates, present participle overcaffeinating, simple past and past participle overcaffeinated)
- To imbibe or cause to imbibe too much caffeine.
- 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
- So the waiters used to deliberately overcaffeinate him.2004, Imogen Edwards-Jones, Hotel Babylon, page 76
- To add an excessive amount of caffeine to something.
Examples of overcaffeinate in a sentence
- It probably hadn't been the best idea to overcaffeinate before this conversation.2016, Fortune's Special Delivery, →ISBN, page 36:
- 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:
Forms of overcaffeinate
| third-person singular present | overcaffeinates |
|---|---|
| present participle | overcaffeinating |
| past participle | overcaffeinated |
| past | overcaffeinated |
Origin of overcaffeinate
From over- + caffeinate.
Questions about overcaffeinate
- What does overcaffeinate mean?
- Overcaffeinate means to imbibe or cause to imbibe too much caffeine.
- How do you use overcaffeinate in a sentence?
- It probably hadn't been the best idea to overcaffeinate before this conversation.
- What part of speech is overcaffeinate?
- Overcaffeinate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of overcaffeinate?
- The past tense of overcaffeinate is overcaffeinated.
Words near overcaffeinate in the dictionary
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