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Definition of Scorcher
1. Noun. An extremely hot day.
2. Noun. A very hard hit ball.
Definition of Scorcher
1. Noun. (literally) One who, or that which, scorches. ¹
2. Noun. (colloquial) A very hot day. ¹
3. Noun. (football) A very good goal, notably made with a very hard shot ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scorcher
1. one that scorches [n -S] - See also: scorches
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorcher
Literary usage of Scorcher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1898)
"The scorcher awakens other feelings ; hatred and fear I may feel when he shaves
me ; but the prevailing sentiment with which he inspires me is a wild desire ..."
2. The British Martial: Or, An Anthology of English Epigrams: Being the Largest (1806)
"... hiss, burn, and fry; And must, at last, thou scorcher of my soul, Shrink, and
become an undistinguish'd coal. CXXXIV. CHEAPNESS PREFERRED. ..."
3. Modern cycles: a practical handbook on their construction and repair by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1897)
"scorcher Drop Handle-Bar. very narrow flat handle-bar, and is especially suitable
for road and path racing safeties. Fig. 127 illustrates a semi-drop ..."
4. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"THE FEMININE SCORCHES - THE feminine scorcher is not an altogether lovely object ;
unless she intends to be a professional, she should leave this form of ..."
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