Spray vs. Fogger

A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.

Example: ‘The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.’;

A pressurized container; an atomizer.

Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.

(medicine) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.

(metalworking) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.

(metalworking) A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.

(countable) A small branch of flowers or berries.

Example: ‘The bridesmaid carried a spray of lily-of-the-valley.’;

(countable) A collective body of small branches.

Example: ‘The tree has a beautiful spray.’;

(uncountable) Branches and twigs collectively; foliage.

An orchard.

(countable) An ornament or design that resembles a branch.

(transitive) To project a liquid in a dispersive manner toward something.

Example: ‘The firemen sprayed the house.’; ‘Using a water cannon, the national guard sprayed the protesters.’;

(ergative) To project in a dispersive manner.

Example: ‘Spray some ointment on that scratch.’; ‘The water sprayed out of the hose.’;

To project many small items dispersively.

To urinate in order to mark territory.

To allocate blocks of memory from (a heap, etc.), and fill them with the same byte sequence, hoping to establish that sequence in a certain predetermined location as part of an exploit.

Example: ‘to spray the heap of a target process’;

A small shoot or branch; a twig.

Example: ‘The painted birds, companions of the spring,Hopping from spray to spray, were heard to sing.’;

A collective body of small branches, or cut flowers with long stems; as, the tree has a beautiful spray; many sprays were sent in condolence to teh funeral home.

Example: ‘And from the trees did lop the needless spray.’;

A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal in all parts of the mold.

Water flying in small drops or particles, as by the force of wind, or the dashing of waves, or from a waterfall, and the like.

A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.

To let fall in the form of spray.

To throw spray upon; to treat with a liquid in the form of spray; as, to spray a wound, or a surgical instrument, with carbolic acid.

a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray

a quantity of small objects flying through the air;

Example: ‘a spray of bullets’;

flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage

water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall

a jet of vapor

be discharged in sprays of liquid;

Example: ‘Water sprayed all over the floor’;

scatter in a mass or jet of droplets;

Example: ‘spray water on someone’; ‘spray paint on the wall’;

cover by spraying with a liquid;

Example: ‘spray the wall with paint’;

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.

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

(obsolete) One who fogs; a pettifogger.

One who fogs; a pettifogger.

Example: ‘A beggarly fogger.’;

A fogger is any device that creates a fog, typically containing an insecticide for killing insects and other arthropods. Foggers are often used by consumers as a low cost alternative to professional pest control services.