Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that scorches.
- noun Informal An extremely hot day.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who rides very fast on a bicycle or in a motor-car.
- noun Anything that burns or parches; anything that is very hot: as, this day has been a scorcher.
- noun Anything caustic, biting, or severe: as, that critique was a scorcher.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Informal a very hot day.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun literally One who, or that which,
scorches . - noun colloquial A very
hot day . - noun soccer A very good
goal , notably made with a very hard shot
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an extremely hot day
- noun a very hard hit ball
Etymologies
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Examples
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However, the welcome is warm and the wine list is a scorcher, which is not surprising since owner Tim Luther's background is in wine importing.
Home 2010
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In particular, the reader pointed out this passage, which proves that the guy hunched over his aerobars on the recreational path , the person who races you on your commute, and the charity ride racer all share a common ancestor called the "scorcher:"
Up in the Air: The Dangers of Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Now look Victorian bloke, you can say what you will about my "lack of mental control" but the fact is that this 'scorcher' and his Brompton took the Southwark Bridge KoM points from a guy on a Bianchi this morning.
Up in the Air: The Dangers of Cycling BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Ecirtec manufactures a seed conditioner similar in construction to the CeCoCo 'scorcher'.
Chapter 9 1995
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If you are a "scorcher" and are out to pass everything you meet, the less weight you carry the better time you can make.
Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort
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To-day the automobile, which fears not hills, take invariably the Moulins road, and covers the distance between breakfast and dinner; that is, if the driver is a "scorcher;" and there are such in France.
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He also never failed to overtake any "scorcher," although many of these were professional riders who deliberately violated the law to see if they could not get away from him; for the wheelmen soon get to know the officers whose beats they cross.
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Mary Magdalen either walked or rode a mule Aspasia was a "scorcher," but she couldn't "coast."
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He also never failed to overtake any "scorcher," although many of these were professional riders who deliberately violated the law to see if they could not get away from him; for the wheelmen soon get to know the officers whose beats they cross.
Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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If PopSci is right, and Merriam Webster is incomplete, via the word chauffeur we can link together Ray LaHood, the Robber of the Rhine, speeding motorists, and 'scorcher' cyclists.
Quickrelease.tv Carlton Reid 2010
goatboy commented on the word scorcher
Used by the tabloid press to describe a day or a series of consecutive days when the temperature rises above 25 degrees.
As in: " PHEW WHAT A SCORCHER!"
February 5, 2008
gangerh commented on the word scorcher
Usually with 'Flaming June!' the day before.
February 5, 2008