scorcher

[ skawr-cher ]

noun

1. a person or thing that scorches.
2. Informal. a very hot day:

   Tomorrow is supposed to be a scorcher.

3. something caustic or severe:

   a scorcher of a critique.

4. Informal. a person who drives extremely fast.
5. Printing. a device for drying and forming flong into a curve before casting.

scorcher

/ ˈskɔːtʃə /

noun

1. a person or thing that scorches
2. something severe or caustic
3. informal.
   a very hot day
4. informal.
   something remarkable

Word History and Origins

Origin of scorcher¹

First recorded in 1835–45; scorch + -er ¹

Example Sentences

By on-demand, Ruiz means that the desalination plant can increase its output to take the edge off during the highest-demand days, like summer scorchers, or holidays like Christmas, when everyone is home and turning on the taps.

From MIT Technology Review

I’ve squeezed onto many a narrow Roman balcony to dine with friends, clinking wineglasses as the sun sets on another scorcher of a day.

From Fortune

We’ll have to wait until January to know for sure where this year lands in the record books, but whether we break the record or not, it’s been a scorcher.

From Popular-Science

By that time the fellow I'd kicked had so far recovered as to sit up, and the look he gave us was a scorcher.

From Project Gutenberg

"Going to be another scorcher," decided the foreman, rising and surveying the skies critically.

From Project Gutenberg

Ambition to shine as a "scorcher" has seriously injured the health of many a good, strong rider.

From Project Gutenberg

Girdner lined out a scorcher to center in the eighth and Walters sent one to the same place in the final frame.

From Project Gutenberg

Sir´-i-us, α Canis Majoris, "the sparkling star or scorcher."

From Project Gutenberg

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