overdose

Noun

overdose (plural overdoses)

1. An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.
   • to die of a heroin overdose
   • It works for a while, but when Spider-Man maneuvers him ouside the hospital room where Harry is recovering from his overdose, some part of the Goblin's brain that's still the loving father surfaces, drives him unconscious, and when next he wakes up, all memory of his being a super-villain is...2011, Pierre Comtois, Marvel Comics in the 1970s

   Synonyms:

   overdosage

Verb

IPA/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdəʊs/

overdose (third-person singular simple present overdoses, present participle overdosing, simple past and past participle overdosed)

1. (transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to someone.
2. (intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose.
   • Be careful not to overdose on those pills.
   • She overdosed on cocaine.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To indulge in something excessively.
   • They still had Sergio Agüero to bring off the bench and the Etihad was overdosing on optimism. For the game to finish with an aggregate 5-1 score distorts the fact the occasion was full of drama and suspense until Salah’s goal conclusively changed the complexion of the evening.2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)
   • Claude overdosed on smack in a Chicago flophouse three years later.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 191