Meanings
plural grillouts
- A gathering for a meal which is grilled outdoors; a cookout or barbecue.
Small craft slide in the ramps next to exceptionally pretty grillout and lunch spots.
1990, Joan Lundquist Scalpone, Tampa to Big Bend Florida : 150 day trips, page 642 more examples
Everybody whoops and cheers. Over the fence, the Madigans, who are having a family grillout, start to clap, too.
2011, Sarah Bennett-Wealer, Rival, page 29Who knows? Maybe in a year or two, your family and mine can laugh all this off over a Summer grillout.
2013, Steven A. J. Orobona, Hypolia: Book One of the Keran Chronicles, page 327
Origin
- Englishgrill
- Old Englishūt
- Proto-Indo-European*úd
- Proto-Germanic*ūt
- Proto-Germanic*ūtai
- Proto-West Germanic*ūtē
- Old Englishūte
- Middle Englishoute
- Englishout
- Englishgrillout
Cite this entry
grillout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grillout
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