Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scorcher"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scorch \Scorch\, v. i.
To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; --
applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.] --
{Scorch"er}, n. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scorcher
n 1: an extremely hot day
2: a very hard hit ball [syn: {screamer}]
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