scorcher

By that time the fellow I'd kicked had so far recovered as to sit up, and the look he gave us was a scorcher.

"Going to be another scorcher," decided the foreman, rising and surveying the skies critically.

Ambition to shine as a "scorcher" has seriously injured the health of many a good, strong rider.

Girdner lined out a scorcher to center in the eighth and Walters sent one to the same place in the final frame.

Sir´-i-us, α Canis Majoris, "the sparkling star or scorcher."