No. 8,423 in Dutch
grillen
"Grillen" (Dutch): whimsical ideas, peculiar moods, or capricious tendencies.
In a sentence
Ik houd ervan om groenten op de barbecue te grillen.
I love grilling vegetables on the barbecue.
Here, 'grillen' means to cook food using direct heat, typically over a flame.
Soms kan de baas echt grillen als hij ontevreden is.
Sometimes the boss can really grill when he is displeased.
In this scenario, 'grillen' figuratively means to react or to be intense or demanding in behavior.
Ze willen hem grillen over de gebeurtenissen die hebben plaatsgevonden.
They want to grill him about the events that have taken place.
Here, 'grillen' figuratively refers to questioning someone intensively or scrutinizing them.
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