Definition of broil

• n. - A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
• v. t. - To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
• v. t. - To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
• v. i. - To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.
• n. - A tumult; a noisy quarrel; a disturbance; a brawl; contention; discord, either between individuals or in the state.
• v. t. - To cook by direct exposure to heat over a fire, esp. upon a gridiron over coals.
• v. t. - To subject to great (commonly direct) heat.
• v. i. - To be subjected to the action of heat, as meat over the fire; to be greatly heated, or to be made uncomfortable with heat.