Definition of: grill

(gril) v.t.
1. To cook on a gridiron; broil.
2. To torment with heat.
3. U.S. Colloq. To cross-examine persistently and searchingly.
—v.i. To be cooked on a gridiron.
—noun
1. A gridiron.
2. That which is broiled on a gridiron.
3. A grillroom.
4. The action of grilling.
5. A grille or grating of any kind. [<F griler <gril <OF greil. See GRIDDLE.]
—grill′er noun