grill
To cook food over strong heat, usually on metal bars above a fire or heat source.
To cook food using direct heat from below or above, usually on metal bars or a flat hot surface.
A machine or tool for cooking food on metal bars over strong heat.
A piece of cooking equipment that uses direct heat, usually with metal bars or a flat hot surface, on which food is placed to be cooked.
To ask someone many strong, detailed questions for a long time.
To question someone for a long time in a severe, pressing, or detailed way, often to get hidden or exact information.
A simple, not very expensive restaurant that sells meat and other food cooked on a grill.
A casual restaurant, often with a bar, that specializes in grilled meat and similar simple cooked dishes.
A hard cover with bars or many holes that protects or decorates the front of something, like a car or a vent.
A protective or decorative framework of bars or a perforated sheet, often made of metal or plastic, used to cover or guard an opening such as the front of a vehicle or a vent.
Shiny jewelry that some people wear over their front teeth, usually made of metal and sometimes diamonds.
A piece of decorative jewelry, often made of gold or other metals and sometimes with jewels, worn over the front teeth.
Informal slang word for a person’s face, especially the front with the mouth and teeth.
Slang for a person’s face, especially focusing on the area around the mouth and teeth.
- Base: grill
- Plural: grills
- Base: grill
- 3rd Person Singular: grills
- Present Participle: grilling
- Past: grilled
be on the grill
1Be under harsh questioning
To be in a situation where people are asking you many hard questions or judging you very closely.
- The minister was on the grill for most of the press conference.
- I was on the grill all morning in that performance review.
fire up the grill
1Start heating the grill
To light or turn on the grill so that it becomes hot and ready for cooking.
- Let’s fire up the grill and make some burgers.
- He fired up the grill while she prepared the salad.
grill out
1Cook and eat outside on a grill
To cook food outside on a grill and usually eat it there, like having a small barbecue.
- We’re going to grill out by the lake this weekend.
- They love to grill out whenever the weather is nice.
grill someone about something
1Question someone hard about details
To ask a person many strong, detailed questions about a particular thing.
- The journalist grilled the mayor about the rising crime rate.
- My parents grilled me about my plans for the weekend.
in someone’s grill
1Very close to someone’s face
To be right in front of someone’s face in a way that feels strong, pushy, or annoying.
- He was all in my grill, yelling about the mistake.
- Don’t get in her grill unless you want an argument.
put someone on the grill
1Subject someone to hard questioning
To make someone answer many difficult questions, often in a way that feels very hard or uncomfortable.
- The committee really put the director on the grill over the budget cuts.
- My boss put me on the grill about the missed deadline.
throw something on the grill
1Put food onto the grill
To quickly put food on the hot grill so it can cook.
- We can just throw some veggies on the grill too.
- He threw a few sausages on the grill for a quick snack.
up in someone’s grill
1Aggressively in someone’s face
To be very, very close to someone’s face in a way that feels aggressive or rude.
- She got right up in his grill and told him to leave.
- Why are you up in my grill this early in the morning?