Overview of noun grits

The noun grits has 1 sense

• grits, hominy grits -- (coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States)

Overview of noun grit

The noun grit has 2 senses

• grit, gritrock, gritstone -- (a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone)


• backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption -- (fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it")

Overview of verb grit

The verb grit has 2 senses

• grit -- (cover with a grit; "grit roads")


• grit -- (clench together; "grit one's teeth")