griller

Etymology

grill +‎ -er

Noun

griller (plural grillers)

1. One who, or that which, grills.
   • 2002, Karen Adler, Judith M Fertig, Fish and shellfish, grilled and smoked

     For the novice fish griller, firm-fleshed fish steaks (salmon, tuna, swordfish, shark) will be the easiest to grill.

2. Food suitable for grilling.
   • 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times‎:

     Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁi.je/

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Verb

griller

1. to toast (cook with a toaster)
2. to grill (cook with a grill)
3. (intransitive) to toast (heat up, said of e.g. skin)
4. (colloquial) to smoke (a cigarette)
   • 1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, →ISBN, p. 164

     Puis je restais là, étendu dans le noir, à griller une cigarette et regarder dans ma tête jusqu'à ce que des poings impatients qui martelaient la porte m'obligent à céder la place.

     — Then I would linger on, stretched out in the dark, having a smoke and meditating, until impatient fists hammering on the door made me give up my place. — 1992, Robyn Marsack (trans.), The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland, →ISBN

5. to run (a stop sign or red light)

Further reading

• “griller” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

griller m

1. indefinite plural of grill

Verb

griller

1. present tense of grille