Scorcher

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
     1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
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              Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your
              seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.


                                                    --Mortimer.
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     2. To burn or be burnt.
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              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.
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     3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; --
        applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.]
        -- {Scorch"er}, n. [Colloq.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  scorcher \scorch"er\
     a very hot day. [Informal]
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scorcher
       n 1: an extremely hot day
       2: a very hard hit ball [syn: {screamer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "scorcher":
     Jehu, broiler, flier, goer, hell-driver, horse racer, hot day,
     hummer, hustler, jockey, racer, roaster, runner, sizzler,
     speed demon, speeder, stepper, summer day, turfman