scorcher
/'skɔ:tʃə/
Definition
- Noun:
- An extremely hot day: A day with exceptionally high temperatures, often uncomfortably or dangerously hot.
- A very hard hit ball: In sports like baseball or cricket, a ball that is struck with great force and speed.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Extremely hot day):
- With temperatures over 40°C, today is an absolute scorcher.
- We had a week of scorchers last July.
- Noun (Very hard hit ball):
- The batter hit a scorcher straight down the third-base line.
- That scorcher from the batsman went straight to the boundary for four runs.
Advanced Usage
- Informal/Figurative Use: Can describe anything that is extremely intense, impressive, or severe.
- His latest novel is a real scorcher—full of suspense and drama.
- She delivered a scorcher of a speech that left the audience stunned.
Variants and Related Words
- Scorch (verb): To burn or become burnt on the surface; to criticize severely.
- The sun scorched the grass.
- The critic scorched the director's new film.
- Scorching (adjective): Extremely hot; searingly critical.
- We're facing scorching temperatures this weekend.
- She gave him a scorching look.
Synonyms
- For a hot day: Swelterer, sizzler, roaster, burner.
- For a hard-hit ball: Blast, rocket, screamer, thunderbolt.
Related Phrases
- A scorcher of a day: An emphatic way to describe an extremely hot day.
- Be sure to drink water; it's a scorcher of a day out there.
- To come in like a scorcher: To arrive or enter with great force, speed, or intensity.
- The new competitor came in like a scorcher, taking half the market share in a month.
Noun
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a very hard hit ball
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an extremely hot day
