'Scorcher' definitions:

Definition of 'scorcher'

From: WordNet
noun
An extremely hot day
noun
A very hard hit ball [syn: scorcher, screamer]

Definition of 'Scorcher'

From: GCIDE
  • Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
  • 1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. [1913 Webster]
  • Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To burn or be burnt. [1913 Webster]
  • He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; -- applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.] -- {Scorch"er}, n. [Colloq.]

Definition of 'scorcher'

From: GCIDE
  • scorcher \scorch"er\ a very hot day. [Informal] [PJC]

Synonyms of 'scorcher'

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