scorcher

One who, or that which, scorches.

A very hot day.

Tomorrow will be a scorcher, so carry water and use sunscreen if you're going out.

A very good goal, notably made with a very hard shot.

What a scorcher! See the net reverberate!

A caustic rebuke or criticism.

A bad person.

`Yes, sir - of course, sir, that's just what he said they was - 'cautions, downright scorchers' - sir, and I'm sure I don't doubt it, seeing what I know of them, and their hot-potting ways,' went on Job sadly.