Definition of Grit

Noun: grit  grit

  1. Grains of rock or sand
     
  2. A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
    - gritrock, gritstone
     
  3. Fortitude and determination
    "he didn't have the grit to try it";
    - backbone, guts, moxie [N. Amer], sand, gumption, cojones [N. Amer]
Verb: grit (gritted,gritting)  grit
  1. Cover with a grit
    "grit roads"
     
  2. Clench together
    "grit one's teeth"

See also:
grists
grith

Anagrams containing the word grit

gtri tgri itgr ritg