sizzler
Britishnoun
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something that sizzles
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informal a very hot day
Example Sentences
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Prepare for a sunny sizzler of a day.
From BBC • Jun. 29, 2025
Last month, the city experienced six days at 90 degrees or hotter, including a 94-degree sizzler on June 2.
From Scientific American • Jul. 16, 2020
From the outset, it promised to be a sizzler.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2018
But on the whole, the collection was more inclusive than many a Versace sizzler with shapes that will flatter many, not just those of genetically blessed form.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2016
The sun was not yet up, and the morning, while not uncomfortable, gave promise of what Hi Lang had said it would be—a sizzler.
From Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
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