Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that scorches: an iron that was a scorcher.
- n. Informal An extremely hot day.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Anything that burns or parches; anything that is very hot: as, this day has been a scorcher.
- n. Anything caustic, biting, or severe: as, that critique was a scorcher.
- n. One who rides very fast on a bicycle or in a motor-car.
Wiktionary
- n. literally One who, or that which, scorches.
- n. colloquial A very hot day.
- n. soccer A very good goal, notably made with a very hard shot
GNU Webster's 1913
- Informal a very hot day.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an extremely hot day
- n. a very hard hit ball
Etymologies
- scorch + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“However, the welcome is warm and the wine list is a scorcher, which is not surprising since owner Tim Luther's background is in wine importing.”
“In particular, the reader pointed out this passage, which proves that the guy hunched over his aerobars on the recreational path , the person who races you on your commute, and the charity ride racer all share a common ancestor called the "scorcher:”
“Now look Victorian bloke, you can say what you will about my "lack of mental control" but the fact is that this 'scorcher' and his Brompton took the Southwark Bridge KoM points from a guy on a Bianchi this morning.”
“Ecirtec manufactures a seed conditioner similar in construction to the CeCoCo 'scorcher'.”
“If you are a "scorcher" and are out to pass everything you meet, the less weight you carry the better time you can make.”
“To-day the automobile, which fears not hills, take invariably the Moulins road, and covers the distance between breakfast and dinner; that is, if the driver is a "scorcher;" and there are such in France.”
“He also never failed to overtake any "scorcher," although many of these were professional riders who deliberately violated the law to see if they could not get away from him; for the wheelmen soon get to know the officers whose beats they cross.”
“Mary Magdalen either walked or rode a mule Aspasia was a "scorcher," but she couldn't "coast.”
“If PopSci is right, and Merriam Webster is incomplete, via the word chauffeur we can link together Ray LaHood, the Robber of the Rhine, speeding motorists, and 'scorcher' cyclists.”
“Gimme The Light" is a scorcher which is blazing the way for the November 2002 release of "DUTTY ROCK," Sean's second album - and his first via a new long-term worldwide pact between Atlantic Records and VP Records, the largest independent label for new Jamaican music in the U.S..”
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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calefactory
just plain hot
hot as blue blazes, frowsty, simoomy, scorcher, solfatara, (hot) dog days, burninga, chilidog days, red-hot, saburration, whot, sudatorium and 11 more...
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Play Ball!
Baseball terminology
whiffed, texas leaguer, spitter, around the horn, brushback, circus catch, forkball, knuckler, passed ball, sacrifice fly, switch hitter, backstop and 100 more...
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Gutter Speak
The lexicon of the UK tabloid press
gotcha!, bonk, love rat, page three stunner, wacko jacko, scorcher, romp, phwoar!
Tweets
Looking for tweets for scorcher.
gangerh Usually with 'Flaming June!' the day before. Feb 5, 2008
goatboy Used by the tabloid press to describe a day or a series of consecutive days when the temperature rises above 25 degrees.
As in: " PHEW WHAT A SCORCHER!" Feb 5, 2008