scorcher
Americannoun
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a person or thing that scorches.
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Informal. a very hot day.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a scorcher.
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something caustic or severe.
a scorcher of a critique.
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Informal. a person who drives extremely fast.
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Printing. a device for drying and forming flong into a curve before casting.
noun
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a person or thing that scorches
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something severe or caustic
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informal a very hot day
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informal something remarkable
Etymology
Origin of scorcher
Example Sentences
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Dahlia Lithwick: This is a scorcher of a brief that holds nothing back.
From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026
Doue scored twice either side of a Kvaratskhelia scorcher to go into the break 4-1 up and cruising.
From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025
Crystal Palace's Eberechi Eze opens the scoring against Fulham with an "absolute scorcher" at Craven Cottage in their FA Cup quarter-final.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025
Lansdale makes a triumphant return to his Hap and Leonard novels with this scorcher.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
I woke up with August shaking my shoulder, saying it was gonna be a scorcher, get up, we had to water the bees.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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