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scorcher

scorcher

English

Noun

scorcher (plural scorchers)

  1. (literally) One who, or that which, scorches.
  2. (colloquial) A very hot day.
    Tomorrow will be a scorcher, so carry water and use sunscreen if you're going out.
  3. (soccer) A very good goal, notably made with a very hard shot
    What a scorcher! See the net reverberate!

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  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967