Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun grilling

1 sense of grilling

Sense 1
broil, broiling, grilling -- (cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire or under a grill))
       => cooking, cookery, preparation -- (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb grill

2 senses of grill

Sense 1
grill -- (cook over a grill; "grill the sausages")
       => cook -- (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes")

Sense 2
grill -- (examine thoroughly; "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology")
       => examine -- (question closely)