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Grill

//ɡɹɪl// adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Harsh, rough, severe; cruel. obsolete
Noun
  1. 1
    A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack.
  2. 2
    Harm. obsolete, uncountable, usually
  3. 3
    a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate wordnet
  4. 4
    The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window.

    "The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door."

  5. 5
    a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill wordnet
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  1. 6
    On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
  2. 7
    A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English UK
  3. 8
    A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue. US

    "I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner."

  4. 9
    Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.

    "a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills"

  5. 10
    A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.

    "These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill."

  6. 11
    A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth. colloquial

    "Nella wished him luck and started to walk away, still unsure if that glint in his mouth was a grill or just a few golden teeth."

  7. 12
    The front teeth regarded collectively. broadly, colloquial
  8. 13
    Deliberate misspelling of girl. Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling

    "r u a grill?"

Verb
  1. 1
    To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue. transitive

    "Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?"

  2. 2
    To make angry; provoke; offend, incite. Scotland, US, obsolete, transitive
  3. 3
    cook over or under a grill wordnet
  4. 4
    To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander. Australia, New-Zealand, UK, transitive

    "Bradly hung the fowl in a sugar-bag for to-morrow's dinner and set about grilling chops, with tomatoes stuffed with cheese and breadcrumbs in the pan."

  5. 5
    To terrify; make tremble. Scotland, obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    examine thoroughly wordnet
  2. 7
    To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly. colloquial, transitive

    "The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime."

  3. 8
    To tremble; shiver. Scotland, intransitive, obsolete
  4. 9
    To feel very hot; to swelter. informal, intransitive

    "He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains, and shivered with fever under the rude thatch roof; […]"

  5. 10
    To snarl; snap. Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive, obsolete
  6. 11
    To stamp or mark with a grill. transitive
  7. 12
    To stare at. New-York-City

Etymology

Etymology 1

1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.

Etymology 2

1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle.

Etymology 3

From Middle English grillen (“to anger, provoke”), from Old English grillan, griellan (“to annoy, vex, offend”), from Proto-West Germanic *gralljan (“to shout, make angry”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian grulje (“to make angry”), Dutch grillen (“to shudder, shiver”), Low German vergrellen (“to anger, provoke”), German grollen (“to rumble”) and perhaps also with French grouiller (“to swarm”).

Etymology 4

From Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *grielle, from Proto-West Germanic *grallī (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”).

Etymology 5

From Middle English grille, from Old English *grylla, *griella, from Proto-West Germanic *gralljō.

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