Associations to the word «Breathalyzer»

Wiktionary

BREATHALYZER, noun. A device that measures alcohol in expired air so as to estimate the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood; used by traffic police in cases of suspected driving while under the influence of alcohol.

Dictionary definition

BREATHALYZER, noun. A device that measures chemicals (especially the alcohol content) in a person's expired breath.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats