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sizzler

British  
/ ˈsɪzlə /

noun

  1. something that sizzles

  2. informal a very hot day

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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

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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