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scorcher


noun

  1. a person or thing that scorches.
  2. Informal. a very hot day: Tomorrow is supposed to be a scorcher.
  3. something caustic or severe: a scorcher of a critique.
  4. Informal. a person who drives extremely fast.
  5. Printing. a device for drying and forming flong into a curve before casting.

noun

  1. a person or thing that scorches
  2. something severe or caustic
  3. informal a very hot day
  4. British informal something remarkable

n.“very hot day,” 1874, agent noun from scorch (v.). It also means or has meant “stinging attack” (1842), “pretty girl” (1881), “line drive in baseball” (1900).

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