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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : gril |
Phonetic Transcription : grɪl |
Definition of grilling
Origin :- "gridiron," 1680s, from French gril, from Old French greil, alteration of graille "grill, frating, railings, fencing," from Latin craticula "gridiron, small griddle," diminutive of cratis "wickerwork," perhaps from PIE *kert- "to turn, entwine." In many instances, Modern English grill is a shortened form of grille, such as "chrome front of an automobile."
- verb broil food
- verb ask questions aggressively
- "I can't answer those questions," answered the man he was grilling.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Simmy wriggled uncomfortably, and Drew continued the grilling.
- Extract from : « Ride Proud, Rebel! » by Andre Alice Norton
- It is thirsty work sitting there and grilling in the sun, is it not, lads?
- Extract from : « A Middy of the Slave Squadron » by Harry Collingwood
- What mattered it now how long the marches were, and how grilling the sun?
- Extract from : « The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch » by Talbot Baines Reed
- I do hope you don't mean to stay, grilling out there, many years.
- Extract from : « On the Irrawaddy » by G. A. Henty
- It was fearful, and they had made up the fire so hot that it was grilling.
- Extract from : « The Yellow Fairy Book » by Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
- But no amount of grilling could induce him to reveal the identity of his partner.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Mr. Monroe sat through this grilling, unmoved as a donkey might.
- Extract from : « Edith and John » by Franklin S. Farquhar
- Good joke, too, my going off suddenly like this, and leaving them grilling in London.
- Extract from : « The Angel of Pain » by E. F. Benson
- He knew a few things about grilling a pig's knuckle—that worthy person.
- Extract from : « Europe Revised » by Irvin S. Cobb
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