Overdose

Origin

From - + dose

Full definition of overdose

Noun

1. An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.''die of a heroin overdose

Verb

1. (intransitive) To dose excessively, to take an overdose.Be careful not to overdose on those pills.She overdosed on cocaine.
2. (transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to.

Derived terms

• OD
• overdoser

Related terms

• overdosage

Anagrams

• does over
• overdoes