You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
DABBLED
dabbled, spattered, splashed, splattered
(adjective) covered with bright patches (often used in combination); “waves dabbled with moonlight”; “a blood-spattered room”; “gardens splashed with color”; “kitchen walls splattered with grease”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dabbled
simple past tense and past participle of dabble
Source: Wiktionary
DABBLE
Dab"ble, v. t. [imp.&p.p Dabbled; p.pr.&vb.n. Dabbling.] Etym: [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.]
Definition: To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.
Dab"ble, v. i.
1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water. Wher the duck dabbles Wordsworth.
2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. "Dabbling here and there with the text." Atterbury. During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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