fogger
noun
fogger is a noun meaning “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…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-G-G-E-R, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fogger is foggers.
What does fogger mean?
noun
- 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
obsoleteOne who fogs; a pettifogger.
- 5
A person employed to feed cattle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fogger
- foggers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fogger?
Fogger appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fogger come from?
From fog + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).