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A1: "They're probably ___ him as we speak."
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grilling
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill) [syn: broil , broiling ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Grilling is a form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above or below. Grilling usually involves a significant amount of direct, radiant heat, and tends to be used for cooking meat quickly. Food to be grilled ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Glaspie underwent a severe grilling before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ It was necessary to give him a pretty assertive grilling about it all.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.] To broil on a grill or gridiron. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context informal English) A thorough interrogation. vb. (present participle of grill English)
Usage examples of grilling.
She was the one who had organized food and there was succulent meat grilling on the main terrace for the many Monaco Weyr riders who had taken up his invitation.
But she had agreed, and to her surprise, he had cooked dinner himself, grilling steaks in his backyard.
By the far-end open hearth, where Bobby, the chef, worked, was a Dutch door, the top half kept open so incoming tourists could get a peek at some lobsters or steaks grilling as they entered and get in the mood.
You see a fish that would be much better served by quick grilling with a slice of lemon, suddenly all dressed up with vinaigrette?
In fifteen years, I had learned everything there was to know about beef, pork, veal, about grilling, roasting-it was easy, the kind of simple, honest food I could put my mark on without working up too much of a sweat.
Most Lizards would have kept on grilling him about the explosive-metal bomb.
Somebody was monitoring every word Johnson said, too, but he didn't have to worry about a grilling from the NKVD when he got home.
Standing through a grilling came closer to torture than his captors perhaps realized.
His replacement came in and started grilling the spaceman about the changes the mechanics and technicians had made in Peregrine since his last flight.
The continuous grillings had begun to exasperate the parpaillote and she showed it.