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Vinony

grill

noun

  1. method in cryptology
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verb

  1. cook by grilling
  2. interrogate
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪl/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English gril, grille (“harsh, rough, severe”), from Old English *grielle, from Proto-West Germanic *grallī (“angry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to rattle, make a noise, grumble”). Cognate with German grell (“harsh, angry”), Danish grel (“shrill, glaring, dazzling”).

  1. Harsh, rough, severe; cruel.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English grille, from Old English *grylla, *griella, from Proto-West Germanic *gralljō.

  1. Harm.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English grillen (“to anger, provoke”), from Old English grillan, griellan (“to annoy, vex, offend”), from Proto-West Germanic *gralljan (“to shout, make angry”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian grulje (“to make angry”), Dutch grillen (“to shudder, shiver”), Low German vergrellen (“to anger, provoke”), German grollen (“to rumble”) and perhaps also with French grouiller (“to swarm”).

  1. To make angry; provoke; offend, incite.
  2. To terrify; make tremble.
  3. To tremble; shiver.
  4. To snarl; snap.