Definitions for Grit

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Grit grit

Spelling: [grit]

IPA: /grɪt/

Grit is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in Grit (girt).

Definitions for Grit

noun

1. abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
2. firmness of character; indomitable spirit; pluck:
3. a coarse-grained siliceous rock, usually with sharp, angular grains.
4. British. gravel.
5. sand or other fine grainy particles eaten by fowl to aid in digestion.

Idioms

1. grit one's teeth, to show tenseness, anger, or determination by or as if by clamping or grinding the teeth together.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to grind or grate together.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a scratchy or slightly grating sound, as of sand being walked on; grate.

Origin of Grit

before 1000; Middle English gret, griet, grit, Old English grēot; cognate with German Griess, Old Norse grjōt pebble, boulder; see grits

Examples for Grit

Put them into a jar one by one, that none of the grit may stick to them; and when cold, cover them with the pickle thus made.

Nor am I one of those pathetic “men” too wimpy to handle the grit of parenthood.

A friend of mine is recovering from alcoholism and she just has to grit her teeth at weddings.

Says it's nothin' but just grit and hang-on that keeps him alive.

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.

For thrift, grit and perseverance, are a few of the rough grains in his character.

For me, the takeaway from these results is that creativity—just like grit—does not occupy a separate sphere from academics.

Peel the mushrooms; rinse them to remove any grit, and cut off the ends of the stalks.

He's got to be flattered up, an' have some grit put into him.