grilling
noun
[ ˈɡrɪlɪŋ ]
• an intense interrogation or period of questioning.
• "they faced a grilling over the latest results"
grill
verb
• cook (food) using a grill.
• "grill the trout for five minutes"
• subject (someone) to intense questioning or interrogation.
• "my father grilled us about what we had been doing"
Origin:
mid 17th century: from French gril (noun), griller (verb), from Old French graille ‘grille’.
