1. n. & v.
--n.
1. a a device on a cooker for radiating heat downwards. b GRIDIRON(1).
2 a dish of food cooked on a grill.
3 (in full grill room) a restaurant serving grilled food.
--v.
1. tr. & intr. cook or be cooked under a grill or on a gridiron.
2 tr. & intr. subject or be subjected to extreme heat, esp. from the sun.
3 tr. subject to severe questioning or interrogation.
Derivatives:
griller n. grilling n. (in sense 3 of v.).
Etymology: F gril (n.), griller (v.), f. OF forms of GRILLE 2.var. of GRILLE.