Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A frozen fog, formed in the coldest weather in the mountain valleys of Idaho, Nevada, and Colorado. When inhaled it often produces severe pulmonary trouble.
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- noun A
ice fog which forms in valleys in the Western United States.
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- noun a dense winter fog containing ice particles
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Shoshone pakenappeh.]
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From Shoshone paγinappih ("thunder cloud") or a related word.
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Examples
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According to Native American tradition, breathing pogonip can danger your lungs.
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COOPER: There are things that -- pogonip is a noun.
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Is pogonip A, smoke from the campfire; B, bee pollen; C, frozen fog; or D, smelly fish guts?
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This doubtless reflects psychoanalytic theory's cherished insistence that the patient actually does the analyzing in the long run and thus is more truly the active partner. pogonip Another sure-fire dictionary winner: not a quick drink snatched while riding a bouncy stick, but a fog laden with particles of ice.
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Meteorologists utilize not only chinook, already mentioned, but also pogonip
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