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grilling

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/ˈɡɹɪlɪŋ/ English

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verb

  1. To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.“Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?”
  2. To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – broil, salamander.
  3. To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.“The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.”
  4. To feel very hot; to swelter.

verb

  1. To make angry; provoke; incite.
  2. To terrify; make tremble.
  3. To tremble; shiver.
  4. To snarl; snap.

noun

  1. A thorough interrogation.
  2. The act or process of grilling, or broiling.

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