verb/ɡʁi.je/
to toast (cook with a toaster); to grill (cook with a grill); to toast (heat up, said of e.g. skin); to smoke (a cigarette); to run; to pass a stop signal or stop sign, or without yielding right of way (at duty to yield)
“Puis je restais là, étendu dans le noir, à griller une cigarette et regarder dans ma tête jusqu'à ce que des poings impatients qui martelaient la porte m'obligent à céder la place.” — — Then I would linger on, stretched out in the dark, having a smoke and meditating, until impatient fists hammering on the door made me give up my place.
From grille + -er.