'Grilling' definitions:
Definition of 'grilling'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Grilling'
From: GCIDE
- Grill \Grill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Grilling.] [F. griller, fr. gril gridiron, OF. gra["i]l, L. craticulum for craticula fine hurdlework, a small gridiron, dim. of crates hurdle. See Grate, n.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To broil on a grill or gridiron. [1913 Webster]
- Boiling of men in caldrons, grilling them on gridirons. --Marvell.
- 2. To torment, as if by broiling. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To stamp or mark with a grill. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'grilling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ardent,
- baking,
- barbecuing,
- basting,
- blistering,
- boiling,
- braising,
- brewing,
- broil,
- broiling,
- burning,
- burning hot,
- canicular,
- catering,
- cookery,
- cooking,
- cross-examination,
- cross-interrogation,
- cross-questioning,
- cuisine,
- culinary science,
- direct examination,
- domestic science,
- ebullient,
- feverish,
- flushed,
- frying,
- heated,
- home economics,
- hot,
- hot as fire,
- hot as hell,
- inquisition,
- interrogation,
- like a furnace,
- like an oven,
- nutrition,
- overheated,
- overwarm,
- pan-broiling,
- parching,
- piping hot,
- poaching,
- police interrogation,
- red-hot,
- redirect examination,
- roasting,
- sauteing,
- scalding,
- scorching,
- searing,
- seething,
- shirring,
- simmering,
- sizzling hot,
- smoking hot,
- steeping,
- stewing,
- sudorific,
- sweating,
- sweaty,
- sweltering,
- sweltry,
- the grill,
- third degree,
- third-degree,
- toasting,
- torrid,
- white-hot