ice grill

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

a cold-blooded stare

Collocates ill², front², mean-mug², cat², club, dunn, grimy, heater, holmes, homie, ice, ill, Jordans, lead, rock, seed, straight, thug, B, bid, bitch

Etymology Derives from grill

Synonyms mean-mug

Related concepts gangsta, grimy, gritty, gully, gutter, hardcore, hood, raw, real, rugged, street, throw shade

Timeline

1995-04-25 Mobb Deep "Right Back At You" feat. Big Noyd, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon [The Infamous]
You got a real ice grill, but are you really real?
1996-05 Domo "Ready For War" [Insomnia - The Erick Sermon Compilation]
Keep a ice grill, you never see me on some smile shit
1996-09-16 Big Noyd "All Pro" [Episodes of A Hustla]
Use that ice grill like a shield

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ice grill

intransitive verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

to glower

Collocates hater², real², chain, chill, club, front, ice, O.G., pop, ride

Etymology Derives from grill

Synonyms mean-mug, throw shade

Timeline

1999-08-10 8Ball "Do What Playas Do" feat. Ma$e, Mysonne [Violator - The Album]
I can ice grill, but I'm worse when I smile
2000-03-28 Drag-On "Ready For War" feat. The LOX [Opposite of H2O]
Motherfuckers wanna ride by and ice grill
2000-09-05 LL Cool J "The G.O.A.T." [G.O.A.T.]
Ice grill all you want, I'm fearless

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ice grill

transitive verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

to stare down (someone)

Collocates feel, on the low

Etymology Derives from grill

Synonyms mean-mug

Timeline

1999-07-20 EPMD "Check 1, 2" [Out of Business]
Ice grill him, and make you wanna kill him dead
1999 Tracie Spencer "It's All About You (Not About Me) (Remix)" feat. The Roots [It's All About You (Not About Me)]
Trying to ice grill me
2001-09-18 Aesop Rock "Boombox" [Labor Days]
Does it ice grill you, or is every song faceless?

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