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grit
[ grit ]
noun
- abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- firmness of character; indomitable spirit; pluck:
She has a reputation for grit and common sense.
Synonyms: courage, fortitude, resolution
- a coarse-grained siliceous rock, usually with sharp, angular grains.
- British. gravel.
- sand or other fine grainy particles eaten by fowl to aid in digestion.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to grind or grate together.
verb (used without object)
- to make a scratchy or slightly grating sound, as of sand being walked on; grate.
grit
1/ ɡrɪt /
noun
- small hard particles of sand, earth, stone, etc
- Also calledgritstone any coarse sandstone that can be used as a grindstone or millstone
- the texture or grain of stone
- indomitable courage, toughness, or resolution
- engineering an arbitrary measure of the size of abrasive particles used in a grinding wheel or other abrasive process
verb
- to clench or grind together (two objects, esp the teeth)
- to cover (a surface, such as icy roads) with grit
Grit
2/ ɡrɪt /
noun
- an informal word for Liberal
Derived Forms
- ˈgritless, adjective
Other Words From
- gritless adjective
- gritter noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of grit1
Idioms and Phrases
- grit one's teeth, to show tenseness, anger, or determination by or as if by clamping or grinding the teeth together.
Example Sentences
Further googling of the McDonald’s buffet with terrible grits in Alexandria turns up nothing.
A hearty, cheesy spoonful of his grits reveals additional layers of the “new” American palate.
They have shooting, vision, grit, length, speed, experience and more than one playmaker.
It took a tremendous amount of fight, grit, toughness, resolve.
Will, innovation, grit, unceasing creativity, and a touch of luck are all you sometimes need to win.
But she respects grit and determination, in allies and opponents alike.
Chicago provides crime reporters and amateur scanner-chasers with more grit and brutality than they can handle combined.
In 175 well-chosen words, he sums up the trials and the grit and bravery of the civil rights movement.
To do so in a Salvadoran prison defies comprehension and inspires respect for their grit and determination.
Plus, his remake history is a mixed bag, with the solid True Grit and the atrocious Oldboy.
Then followed such an exhibition of sheer grit and skill and dauntless courage as none of the girls would ever forget.
"Of course it won't be much use to him in my leather business," I said to my wife; "still it shows grit."
All day long the struggle continued, and it required all the grit he possessed to keep him going.
She had the grit to pray for Judus if she took the notion—there warn't no back-down to her, I judge.
Meal dus' in my th'oat, grit in my eye, en I aint kin git my breff, skacely.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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