The Collaborative International Dictionary
breathalyze \breathalyze\ v. to test the alcohol content of someone's blood by means of a breathalyzer.
Syn: breathalyse.
Wiktionary
alt. To estimate the alcohol content of a person's blood by using a breathalyzer vb. To estimate the alcohol content of a person's blood by using a breathalyzer
WordNet
v. test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer [syn: breathalyse]
Usage examples of "breathalyze".
VIOLENT WARD 59 We were standing out front smelling the orange trees, and I was remembering that if I roust these guys too much they might Breathalyze me, so I was taken suddenly good-natured: smiling and saying good night and thank you, and without any kind of warning there comes a noise and a scuffle as some dumb jerk of a burglar jumps out of my best bougainvillea and runs down the side alley.
He hoped they would not play silly buggers and breathalyze him: he had drunk three pints of lager with his smoked-salmon sandwiches.
I knew if he got stopped and breathalyzed, he'd easily blow over the legal limit.
I knew if he got stopped and breathalyzed, he’d easily blow over the legal limit.
A police car had stopped, and the coppers had even breathalyzed Manisha.