grilling

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill)
verb cook over a grill
verb examine thoroughly

He frowned at the grilling of the elevator door. — Erik Dorn, Ben Hecht
THE HIGH SCHOOL LEFT END; or, Dick and Co. Grilling on the Football Gridiron. — The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln, Wayne Whipple
That is the way actors do to keep going during the awful grilling of the rehearsals and the road try-out," advised Miss Lindsey, with great soothing. — Blue-grass and Broadway, Maria Thompson Daviess

broil, broiling

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