caffeinate
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editcaffeinate (third-person singular simple present caffeinates, present participle caffeinating, simple past and past participle caffeinated)
- (transitive) To add caffeine to.
- (intransitive, slang) To drink caffeinated beverages in order to increase one's energy or wakefulness or to enhance physical or mental performance.
- 2014, Marc Guggenheim, Overwatch:
- After he's caffeinated, he makes the now familiar morning commute down George Washington Memorial Parkway to Langley.
- (transitive, slang) To inject tension into (a situation, etc.) for one's own amusement; to stir things up.
- (transitive, slang) To provoke (a person) for one's own amusement.