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scorching

adjective

  1. very hot
  2. very fast
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Wiktionary

adj

  1. Very hot.

    It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.

  2. Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering.

    Very probably he resolved never to repeat the request which had drawn forth such a scorching rebuke; but there is no evidence of his determination to forsake his iniquitous practices generally.

  3. Sexy, sexual, attractive.

    A ton of scorching content gets released all the time, and it turns out the newest sex movies of 2022 could basically double as (ethical!) porn; they’re that hot.

  4. Of speed when driving, running, etc.: Very high.

    Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.

noun

  1. The act or result of something being scorched.

    There were several slight scratches and scorchings about the face, sides of the neck and shoulders[…]

    Green wood hardens after about four or five scorchings in the fire, but several scorchings are required to drive out the sap.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of scorch