scorcher
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈskɔːrʧər/
- Informal
:
día caluroso
- Today was a scorcher.
- scorcher today
- a real scorcher
- summer scorcher
I went out there to Las Vegas and man, it was it was a scorcher.
- I went out there to Las Vegas and man, it was it was a scorcher.
Examples
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It was another scorcher for much of the Midwest.
Blog text (30) -
Well, this summer's gonna be a scorcher, I guess.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's gonna be a scorcher today, folks.
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Well, it's gonna be a real scorcher today.
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Boy, it's a scorcher out there! -
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It's gonna be a scorcher.
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Today was going to be another scorcher.
Fiction book (2001) -
Hopefully we do get some cooling rain; otherwise, it will be another scorcher.
Blog text (10) -
It is going to be a scorcher.
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It's going to be a scorcher today, so stay hydrated.
Synonyms
30
3.2
A period of very hot weather that lasts several days
3
3.0
A long period of very hot weather that can harm people and crops
1
4.7
A very hot day or a very exciting event
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scorcher comes from the verb scorch, which means 'to burn'. People call a very hot day a scorcher because the sun seems to 'burn' everything and the heat feels extreme.