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grill en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ɡɹɪl/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

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. 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. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
3. On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it.
4. (UK) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English
5. (US) A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue.
   • I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner.
6. Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill.
   • a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills
7. A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food.
   • It was a small grill called Pete's, dark and friendly. 1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 153:
   • These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill.
   • Everyone's meeting at the new grill in town! And everyone's having a real good time! They're drinking frozen blue Margaritas. Munching on Cajun popcorn shrimp. Laughing with old friends and getting to know new ones. 1986, New York, volume 19, part 5, page 385:
8. (colloquial) A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth.
   • 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. 2021, Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl, Bloomsbury, page 213:
9. (broadly, colloquial) The front teeth regarded collectively.
10. (Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling) Deliberate misspelling of girl.
    alt of girl
    • r u a grill?

Forms

Deriveds

grillsteak · grillbilly · get up in someone's grill · get on someone's grill · grilling · grillwork · bar and grill · chargrill · mixed grill · grillery · grillware · bacon grill · grill guard · grillmaster · up in one's grill

Synonyms

golds · fronts

Translations (163)

ru решётка (grating, grid) · sk gril (barbecue) · ar شواية (grating, grid) · haw hao manamana (grating, grid) · fi grillipala (food designed to be cooked on a grill) · nl barbecue (barbecue) · ko 바비큐 (barbecue) · it graticola (barbecue) · bg реше́тка (vehicle front cover) · es parrilla (barbecue) · ru жарко́е (food designed to be cooked on a grill) · pt grelhador (barbecue) · ru решётка (vehicle front cover) · nl rooster (grating, grid) · cy gril (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · tr ızgara (barbecue) · nv bikááʼatʼeesí (barbecue) · fr barbecue (barbecue) · ko 그릴 (grating, grid) · io grilar (barbecue) · ar مَشْوِيَّات (food designed to be cooked on a grill) · scn gradigghia (grating, grid) · scn luci (barbecue) · ja グリル (barbecue) · pl maskownica (vehicle front cover) · fr gril (barbecue) · ru шашлыки́ (barbecue) · gl trenlla (grating, grid) · vi lưới (grating, grid) · cs mřížka (vehicle front cover) · nb grill (grating, grid) · scn tannura (barbecue) · es grill (barbecue) · scn arrustuta (food designed to be cooked on a grill) · uk гриль (barbecue) · uk барбекю́ (barbecue) · zdj uma (barbecue) · fi grilli (barbecue) · scn maschirina (vehicle front cover) · it mascherina (vehicle front cover) · cs gril (barbecue) · la transenna (grating, grid) · it griglia (barbecue) · th ตะแกรง (grating, grid) · gl grella (barbecue) · be барбекю́ (barbecue) · cmn 烤架 (grating, grid) · bg ска́ра (barbecue) · mi tītara (grating, grid) · pl grill (barbecue) · nrf gril (grating, grid) · el πλέγμα (grating, grid) · tk çişlik bişirmek (grating, grid) · ru барбекю́ (food designed to be cooked on a grill) · hu grill (barbecue) · bg ска́ра (grating, grid) · sv grill (vehicle front cover) · cmn 燒烤 /烧烤 (barbecue) · es parrilla (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · es rejilla (grating, grid) · es rejilla (vehicle front cover) · pl gril (barbecue) · bg грил (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · gl grade (barbecue) · mi mātiti (barbecue) · kw rastell (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · ota اسقره (barbecue) · de Grill (barbecue) · ar شِوَاء (barbecue) · pl grill (vehicle front cover) · he מַנְגָּל (barbecue) · gl espirrel (grating, grid) · ms pemanggang (barbecue) · pt grelha (barbecue) · ar مُصَبَّع (vehicle front cover) · fr calandre (vehicle front cover) · scn cosi p'arrùstiri (food designed to be cooked on a grill) · fr grille (grating, grid) · eo krado (grating, grid) · ko 그릴 (barbecue) · fi grilli (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · ru барбекю́ (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · hu rács (grating, grid) · pl ruszt (grating, grid) · nb grill (vehicle front cover) · ja バーベキュー (barbecue) · ru гриль (food designed to be cooked on a grill) · fi leegot (front teeth collectively (slang term)) · el ψησταριά (barbecue) · nb grill (barbecue) · da rist (grating, grid) · bg барбекю́ (barbecue) · it griglia (grating, grid) · fi grillz (type of jewelry (slang term)) · gl espirrel (barbecue) · ru барбекю́ (barbecue) · nl grill (barbecue) · gl trenlla (barbecue) · haw hao hakahaka (grating, grid) · km ចង្អើរ (grating, grid) · it bistecchiera (barbecue) · pl atrapa (vehicle front cover) · it calandra (vehicle front cover) · fi ristikko (grating, grid) · de Grill (grating, grid) · ja グリル (grating, grid) · gl grade (grating, grid) · scn fucuni (barbecue) · scn scagghiuna (front teeth collectively (slang term)) · cy barbeciw (barbecue) · nl raster (grating, grid) · cy rhwyll (grating, grid) · sv galler (grating, grid) · sv grill (barbecue) · fa گریل (barbecue) · ru ра́шпер (grating, grid) · el μάσκα (vehicle front cover) · ar مِشْوَاة (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · tr gril (barbecue) · ru гриль (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · scn calànnira (vehicle front cover) · fi ritilä (grating, grid) · sh роштиљ (barbecue) · vi nướng vĩ (barbecue) · gl grella (grating, grid) · he גְּרִיל (barbecue) · kw barbakoa (barbecue) · ru шашлы́чница (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · es grill (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · ca graella (barbecue) · ru барбекю́шница (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · ro grilă (vehicle front cover) · bg скара (food designed to be cooked on a grill) · de Grill (vehicle front cover) · hu hűtőrács (vehicle front cover) · pt grelha (grating, grid) · mk скара (barbecue) · ru гриль (barbecue) · gl grella (vehicle front cover) · ro grătar (barbecue) · be грыль (barbecue) · pt grelha (vehicle front cover) · es grilla (vehicle front cover) · tk daglamak (barbecue) · nl grill (grating, grid) · fi arina (grating, grid) · scn tannura (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · eo kapuĉo (vehicle front cover) · as গিৰিল (grating, grid) · hu rostély (grating, grid) · mi tītara (vehicle front cover) · el σχάρα (barbecue) · fi etusäleikkö (vehicle front cover) · afb شوي (barbecue) · sw uma (barbecue) · es rejilla (barbecue) · gd grìos (barbecue) · ru ра́шпер (cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it) · fi jäähdyttimen säleikkö (vehicle front cover) · cmn 烤 (barbecue) · scn gradigghia (barbecue) · ja フロントグリル (vehicle front cover) · he על האש (barbecue)

grill en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ɡɹɪl/

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue.
   • Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers?
2. (Australia, New-Zealand, UK, transitive) To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander.
   • 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. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 139:
3. (colloquial, transitive) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
   • The white cop grilled me. He was tall, but had a stomach like a pregnant woman. The other two were brothers, and they looked like they just didn't wanna be standing there. 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 148:
   • In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book. 2024 October 9, Hadas Gold, Liam Reilly and Brian Stelter, “Shari Redstone says CBS leaders made ‘bad mistake’ with handling of Ta-Nehisi Coates interview fallout”, in CNN:
   • The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime.
4. (informal, intransitive) To feel very hot; to swelter.
   • He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains, and shivered with fever under the rude thatch roof; […] 1898, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work:
5. (transitive) To stamp or mark with a grill.
6. (New-York-City) To stare at.

Forms

Deriveds

grillable · pregrill · chargrill · grill up

Synonyms

cook · do

Translations (79)

no grille (to interrogate) · bg гриловам (to cook food on a grill) · no grille (to cook food on a grill) · gl grellar (to cook food on a grill) · bg опека се (to feel very hot) · fr griller (to cook food on a grill) · tpw moka'ẽ (to cook food on a grill) · lt ant grotelio kepti (to cook food on a grill) · hu faggat (to interrogate) · ja 焼く (to cook food on a grill) · es gratinar (to cook food under a heat element) · kjg ກາຣ (to cook food on a grill) · cs grilovat (to cook food on a grill) · mi rorerore (to cook food on a grill) · fi paahtua (to feel very hot) · hy խորովել (to cook food on a grill) · pl wziąć na spytki (to interrogate) · de grillen (to interrogate) · el ανακρίνω (to interrogate) · sa भृज्जति (to cook food on a grill) · nrf grîlyi (to cook food on a grill) · cs ugrilovat (to cook food on a grill) · fi grillata (to cook food on a grill) · gd grìosaich (to cook food on a grill) · th ย่าง (to cook food on a grill) · sk grilovať (to cook food on a grill) · es parrillar (to cook food on a grill) · fi grillata (to interrogate) · kw rastella (to cook food under a heat element) · fi tentata (to interrogate) · lo ປີ້ງ (to cook food on a grill) · km ឆ្អើរ (to cook food on a grill) · ms panggang (to cook food on a grill) · ko 굽다 (to cook food on a grill) · ar يَشْوِي (to cook food on a grill) · pl wypytywać (to interrogate) · ru жа́рить (to cook food on a grill) · bg гриловам (to cook food under a heat element) · de grillen (to cook food on a grill) · rup frigu (to cook food on a grill) · bg пека на скара (to cook food on a grill) · afb شوى (to cook food on a grill) · ro frige (to cook food on a grill) · ar شَوَى (to cook food on a grill) · hu roston süt (to cook food on a grill) · fi pariloida (to cook food under a heat element) · km អាំង (to cook food on a grill) · cmn 燒 /烧 (to cook food on a grill) · pl opiekać na grillu (to cook food on a grill) · fi hiillostaa (to interrogate) · de grillieren (to cook food on a grill) · vi nướng (to cook food on a grill) · el ψήνω (to cook food on a grill) · es asar (to cook food on a grill) · pl wypytać (to interrogate) · pl grillować (to cook food on a grill) · gd grìos (to cook food on a grill) · sv grilla (to cook food on a grill) · cy grilio (to cook food under a heat element) · th ปิ้ง (to cook food on a grill) · km ដុត (to cook food on a grill) · cmn 燒烤 /烧烤 (to cook food on a grill) · de ausquetschen (to interrogate) · hu vallat (to interrogate) · cy grilio (to cook food on a grill) · gl asar (to cook food on a grill) · fi kuulustella (to interrogate) · fa گریل کردن (to cook food on a grill) · yao koca (to cook food on a grill) · sv grilla (to interrogate) · pl brać na spytki (to interrogate) · it grigliare (to cook food on a grill) · bg опичам се (to feel very hot) · it torchiare (to interrogate) · it mettere sulla graticola (to interrogate) · rup frig (to cook food on a grill) · cmn 烤 (to cook food on a grill) · pt grelhar (to cook food on a grill) · gl richar (to cook food on a grill)

grill en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /ɡɹɪl/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (Scotland, US, obsolete, transitive) To make angry; provoke; offend, incite.
2. (Scotland, obsolete, transitive) To terrify; make tremble.
3. (Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To tremble; shiver.
4. (Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive, obsolete) To snarl; snap.

Forms

Synonyms

light a fire under · move · honk off · provoke · mortify · harrow · cross · abet · quiver · dismay · send · tempt · outrage · piss off · scare · evoke · oblige · make someone see red · whet · offend · roil · ignite · draw · stir up · madden · terrorize · rouse · get one's back up · get to · scare the bejeebers out of · grill · spook · stir · horrify · foment · goose · give someone the shits · motivate · appall · scare · fray · rile · egg on · cheer · actuate · engender · spur · impel · infuriate · spark off · raise someone's hackles · rub the wrong way · get someone's goat · grill · incense · make someone's blood run cold · instigate · alarm · put someone's back up · gall · invoke · bring about · provoke · get · palpitate · set off · tick off · scare the shit out of · get someone's Irish up · scare the hell out of · put out · encourage · envenom · petrify · instigate · awrath · cheese off · affront · incite · make someone's blood boil · scare the pants off of · set off · excite · motive · stoke · obligate · rattle someone's cage · get someone's dander up · push · terrify · aggravate · rankle · antagonize · inflame · promote · steam · nark · raise someone's shag · embitter · fuel · scare straight · frighten · affright · drive · lash · anger · ruffle some feathers · whip up · inflame · induce · shudder · prompt · urge · goad · sting · spur on · burn up · set up someone's birse · make angry · stimulate

grill en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

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• /ɡɹɪl/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.

Forms

grill en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

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• /ɡɹɪl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Harm.

Forms