grill
Other forms: grilled; grills
Not all grilling involves fire and delicious food. Sometimes, to grill means to ask a person really intense questions, like when you suspect them of doing something wrong and you want to make them confess the truth.
Ever seen a film where a police officer puts a bright light in a criminal’s face and screams, “Did you do it?” That’s how you grill someone. You have to be tough on him, and not let him off the hook too easily. Being grilled means you are in the “hot seat,” and it’ll feel like you’re cooking from such a close examination. Better to grill than be grilled, but if you get caught — think of an alibi, quick!
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a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate
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a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill
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synonyms:
grillroom
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type of:
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eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant
a building where people go to eat
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eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant
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cook over a grill“grill the sausages”
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barbecue, barbeque, cook out
cook outdoors on a barbecue grill
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hibachi
cook over a hibachi grill
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broil, oven broil
cook under a broiler
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pan-broil
broil in a pan
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type of:
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cook
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
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examine thoroughly“the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology”
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type of:
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examine
question closely
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examine
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