caffeinate

C2
US /ˈkæfɪˌneɪt/
verb Freq #169392

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    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.

  2. 2
    verb

    To add caffeine to something.

  3. 3
    verb

    To inject tension into (a situation, etc.) for one's own amusement; to stir things up.

  4. 4
    verb

    To provoke (a person) for one's own amusement.

Etymology

From caffeine + -ate.

Thesaurus

Opposites
decaffeinate
Word family
Derived forms caffeinatorovercaffeinaterecaffeinate

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