grillingnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˈɡrɪl.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡrɪl.ɪŋ/informalan occasion when someone is asked a lot of questions for a long time:
She faced a grilling when she got home.
an occasion when someone criticizes you or says you have done something wrong :
The security guard gave me a grilling for taking photos of the building.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- beat
- bombard
- canvass
- cross-question
- debrief
- desk research
- enquiry
- feel sb/sth out
- interrogate
- interview
- interviewee
- opinion poll
- pin
- Q, q
- questioner
- questioning
- roll call
- third
- what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
- worm
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