sizzler
Britishnoun
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something that sizzles
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informal a very hot day
Example Sentences
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She hit a couple of sizzler forehands that found the lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
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
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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