grilling

grill  (grl)

tr.v. grilled, grill·ing, grills

1. To broil on a gridiron.

2. To torture or afflict as if by broiling.

3. Informal To question relentlessly; cross-examine.

4. To mark or emboss with a gridiron.

n.

1. A cooking surface of parallel metal bars; a gridiron.

2. Food cooked by broiling or grilling.

3. A grillroom.

4. A series of marks grilled or embossed on a surface.

5. Variant of grille.

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[French griller, from gril, gridiron, from Old French greille, from Latin crtcula; see griddle.]

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griller n.

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Noun

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grilling - cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) broil, broiling cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"