scorcher

[ skawr-cher ]
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noun
  1. a person or thing that scorches.

  2. Informal. a very hot day: Tomorrow is supposed to be a scorcher.

  1. something caustic or severe: a scorcher of a critique.

  2. Informal. a person who drives extremely fast.

  3. Printing. a device for drying and forming flong into a curve before casting.

Origin of scorcher

1
First recorded in 1835–45; scorch + -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for scorcher

scorcher

/ (ˈskɔːtʃə) /


noun
  1. a person or thing that scorches

  2. something severe or caustic

  1. informal a very hot day

  2. British informal something remarkable

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