scorcher
English
Etymology
scorch + -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskɔː.tʃə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)tʃə(r)
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) One who rides a bicycle furiously on a public highway.
See also
- back of the net
- wondergoal
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967