GRILLING

broil, broiling, grilling

(noun) cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

grilling

present participle of grill

Noun

grilling (plural grillings)

(informal) A thorough interrogation.

The act or process of grilling, or broiling.

Source: Wiktionary


GRILL

Grill, n. Etym: [F. gril. See Grill, v. t.]

1. A gridiron. [They] make grills of [wood] to broil their meat. Cotton.

2. That which is broiled on a gridiron, as meat, fish, etc.

Grill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grilling.] Etym: [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. graïl, L. craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron, dim. of crates hurdle. See Grate, n.]

1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons. Marvell.

2. To torment, as if by broiling. Dickens.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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