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
The 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome, the Central Plains’ summer from hell the following year and this year’s Southwest sizzler are the most familiar recent examples in this country.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023
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
Archer comes back with a sizzler, cutting in off the seam and almost going over off stump as Smith leaves.
From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2019
Then somebody wired to the concern that they had been stuck good and fine, and they gave me a sizzler of a call-down in a night message.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
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