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English
Etymology
scorch + -er
Pronunciation
Noun
scorcher (plural scorchers)
- (literally) One who, or that which, scorches.
- Synonym: sizzler
- (colloquial) A very hot day.
- Synonym: sizzler
Tomorrow will be a scorcher, so carry water and use sunscreen if you're going out.
- (soccer) A very good goal, notably made with a very hard shot.
What a scorcher! See the net reverberate!
- (colloquial) A caustic rebuke or criticism.
- (colloquial, dated) A bad person.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:`Yes, sir - of course, sir, that's just what he said they was - 'cautions, downright scorchers' - sir, and I'm sure I don't doubt it, seeing what I know of them, and their hot-potting ways,' went on Job sadly.
- (colloquial, dated) One who rides a bicycle furiously on a public highway.
See also
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967