breath-testv.
/ˈbrɛθtɛst/, U.S. /ˈbrɛθˌtɛst/ transitive. To test (a person) in order to determine the presence or concentration of alcohol vapour in his or her breath; spec. (esp. of a law enforcement officer) to use a breathalyser to test (a person) for intoxication in this way in order to establish fitness for driving a motor vehicle. See breath test n. 1.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > subject (someone) to a breathalyser test
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1964 Daily Mail 3 Dec. 9/2 1,500 drivers will be breath-tested between tonight and Boxing Day to assess how much British drivers drink normally and to compare this with the Christmas increase.
1981 Washington Post 7 Mar. a12 His research team first studied drivers' drinking habits by stopping, interviewing and breath-testing nearly 8,000 drivers at 2,000 accident-prone locations in Grand Rapids, Mich.
2019 Illawarra (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 5 Oct. He was breath tested at Wollongong Police Station and charged with high range drink driving.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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