scorcher

scorcher

An extremely hot, sunny day. Gosh, what a scorcher out there! I thought I was going to faint just walking down to the post office! I hope we get some real scorchers on our vacation.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

scorcher

1. n. a very hot day. This is really a scorcher, isn’t it?
2. n. a caustic remark. Bob made a real scorcher about Tom’s shoes.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • scorching
  • sizzler
  • (oh) (my) gosh!
  • gosh
  • for gosh sakes
  • whistlin' Dixie, you ain't just
  • praise
  • by guess or by gosh
  • suck brew
  • suck some brew
References in periodicals archive
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Clubbing:
IT was a scorcher - but not quite a record-breaker.
Hot weather just runs out of steam
THE sun is out by Royal command - with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee long weekend shaping up to be a scorcher. Bookmakers have slashed the odds on temperatures topping 100F during next month's celebrations with the current heatwave showing no sign of ending.
BRUM BASKS; Hotter than Barcelona!
An absolute cracker of an overhead scorcher from Wisey got us back on terms before Stern John's clincher which was chest superb.
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Tucson's The Knockout Pills have put out their second LP on Estrus, and it's a scorcher of full tilt punk rock 'n' roll with a dose of good times.
Notes from the underground
The 27-year-old, known on the streets as Scorcher, said: "You have to remember the people pulling the trigger aren't no expert marksmen.
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Jeanne and the Perfect Guy
A hapless moggie called Scorcher knew how it felt to be a cat on a hot tin roof when he unwittingly crawled into a factory oven and was baked for half an hour.
Mi-ow - Scorcher's hot date with a brand new Peugeot
Surrey Scorcher Jordan Williams is challenged by Victor Moses of Newcastle Eagles during the semi-final at the BBL All-Stars Championship
Eagles aim to be too hot for the Scorchers; newcastle out for revenge after all-stars defeat to surrey
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Summary: Dizzee Rascal has had to fend off claims that he has sold out, but grime star Scorcher is not worried about attracting the same criticism.
Scorcher: I'll never go pop