You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
IMBIBING
drinking, imbibing, imbibition
(noun) the act of consuming liquids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
imbibing
present participle of imbibe
Noun
imbibing (plural imbibings)
The act by which something is imbibed.
Source: Wiktionary
IMBIBE
Im*bibe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imbibed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imbibing.] Etym: [L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber. Cf. Bib, Imbue, Potable.]
1. To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.
2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors.
3. To saturate; to imbue. [Obs.] "Earth, imbibed with . . . acid." Sir I. Newton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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