fogger

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noun

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.

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Meanings

fogger1

nounfogger (plural foggers)

plural foggers

  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.

    Synonyms: fog machine, smoke machine

  3. A device that releases an insecticidal mist.
  4. obsoleteOne who fogs; a pettifogger.

    A beggarly fogger.

    1614, Terence in English
    1 more example

    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

fogger2

nounfogger (plural foggers)

plural foggers

  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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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fog machinesmoke machine
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fog machinesmoke machine

Origin

fogger · noun

From fog + -er.

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fogger · noun

Perhaps from fodderer.

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Translations

Polish wytwornica dymu, maszyna do dymu
  • wytwornica dymudevice that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances
  • maszyna do dymudevice that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances
  • generator mgłydevice that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances
  • dymiarkadevice that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances
  • zadymiarkadevice that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances
  • dymownicadevice that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances
Russian дымогенератор, дым машина
  • дымогенератор (dymogenerator)device that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances
  • дым машина (dym mašina)device that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fogger

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

fogger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fogger

MLA

“fogger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fogger. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fogger,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fogger.

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