Breathalyzer

[breth-uh-lahy-zer]

Trademark.

a brand of breath analyzer.

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Examples from the Web for breathalyzer

Contemporary Examples of breathalyzer

She failed several field sobriety tests and a breathalyzer put her blood alcohol level at .11.
The Tragic Decline of Mary Kennedy, Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
Michael Daly
May 17, 2012
The source says a breathalyzer test measured 1.01mg of alcohol per liter of breath Galliano exhaled.
John Galliano Suspended by Dior for Alleged Anti-Semitic Rant
Tracy McNicoll
February 25, 2011
I was put in Central Lockup, given a breathalyzer test which I passed, but I spent the night in jail anyway.
Andrew Breitbart, Mad As Hell
Lloyd Grove
February 1, 2010
But his license was suspended because he declined a Breathalyzer test.
Shia LaBeouf's Wild World
Kim Masters
June 22, 2009

Word Origin and History for breathalyzer

n.

1960, from breath + (an)alyzer; an earlier name for it was drunkometer (1934).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper