fog|ger

fog|ger
fog|ger1 «FOG uhr, FG-», noun.
British. a person who places fog signals on railroad tracks.
fog|ger2 «FOG uhr, FG-», noun.
British Dialect. a person who cares for cattle on a farm.

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  • pet|ti|fog|ger|y — «PEHT ee FOG uhr ee, FG », noun, plural ger|ies. 1. the practice of a pettifogger; trickery; chicanery. 2. an act characteristic of a pettifogger …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|fog|ger — «dee FOG uhr», noun. a device that mechanically removes haze or mist formed by condensation on the windshield or rear window of a motor vehicle …   Useful english dictionary

  • pet|ti|fog|ger — «PEHT ee FOG uhr, FG », noun. 1. an inferior lawyer who uses petty, mean, cheating methods: »He carried home with him all the knavish chicanery of the lowest pettifogger (Tobias Smollett). 2. any inferior person who habitually uses such methods:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • ger — ag·ger; an·ger·ly; ar·mi·ger; as·trol·o·ger; au·ger; aus·trin·ger; bag·ger; bal·in·ger; bee·ger·ite; ber·ger; boot·leg·ger; bött·ger; bou·lan·ger·ite; brag·ger; braun·schwei·ger; brev·i·ger; brög·ger·ite; bud·ger·ee; bud·ger·i·gar; bud·ger·ow;… …   English syllables

  • fog — an·ti·fog·gant; an·ti·fog·mat·ic; be·fog; fog; fog·bow; fog·gage; fog·ga·ra; fog·gie; fog·gi·ly; fog·gi·ness; fog·less; pet·ti·fog; pet·ti·fog·ger; pet·ti·fog·gery; pet·ti·fog·ging; de·fog; fog·ger; fog·gy; de·fog·ger; …   English syllables

  • fog — [[t]fɒg, fɔg[/t]] n. v. fogged, fog•ging 1) mer a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility 2) any darkened state of the atmosphere, or the diffused substance… …   From formal English to slang

  • fog — fog1 [fôg, fäg] n. [prob. < Scand, as in ON fok, Dan (sne)fog, driving snow, Norw dial. fuka, sea mist < IE base * pū , to puff up, blow, of echoic orig.] 1. a large mass of water vapor condensed to fine particles, at or just above the… …   English World dictionary

  • fog — {{11}}fog (n.1) thick, obscuring mist, 1540s, probably from a Scandinavian source akin to Dan. fog spray, shower, snowdrift, O.N. fok snow flurry, fjuk snow storm. Cf. also O.E. fuht, Du. vocht, Ger. Feucht moist. Figurative phrase in a fog at a… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Mogens Fog — Mogens Ludolf Fog (9 June 1906 16 July 1990) was a Danish physician, politician (Danish Communist Party) and resistance fighter. In the 1930s, he headed the Socialistiske Læger (Social Physicians) who opposed Fascism.[1] During the Second World… …   Wikipedia

  • fogger — fog·ger …   English syllables

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