fogger

noun — 5 senses

fogger

noun

Etymology From fog + -er.

1

The outlet at the end of a hose which is designed to atomize, spray, or mist the contents flowing through the hose. Typical use includes gaseous materials such as nitrous oxide in automotive applications, as well as fuels for turbine engines.

2

A device that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances.

3

A device that releases an insecticidal mist.

4

Obsolete One who fogs; a pettifogger.

  • A beggarly fogger.1614, Terence in English:
  • But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
Synonyms
fog machine, smoke machine
Derived terms
roach fogger
Related terms
fuel injection

fogger

noun

Etymology Perhaps from fodderer.

1

A person employed to feed cattle.

  • Describing a fogger's (cattle feeder) work on a winter day, he concludes that […]1953, William James Hyde, The English Peasantry in Contemporary Novels, 1815-1900, page 226:

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