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    [Noun]  | "grit" | \ ˈgrit \


    1: sand, gravel

    2: a hard sharp granule (as of sand); also : material (as many abrasives) composed of such granules

    3: any of several sandstones

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English greet, grete, going back to Old English grēot, going back to Germanic *greuta- "broken bits of stone, sand, gravel," (whence also Old Saxon griot "sand, gravel," Middle Dutch griet "coarse sand, grit," Old High German grioz, Old Icelandic grjót "gravel, pebbles"), noun derivative of *greutan- "to grind, crush" (whence Old High German gegrozan "coarse-grained," past participle of a presumed strong verb griozan "to crush"), going back to dialectal Indo-European *ghreu̯dH-e/o-, whence, from zero grade, Lithuanian grū́džiu/grū́du, grū́sti "to crush, pulverize"; and from a nominal derivative with o-grade Russian grúda "heap, pile," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian grȕda "lump, clod";

      * Note : The form grit (rarely grite) is first attested from the late sixteenth century, alongside the forms greet, greete and griet, which by the nineteenth century are considered dialectal. While the latter clearly continue the Middle and Old English etymon, the source of grit is uncertain, as Middle English ẹ̄ should not result in short i. It has been suggested, as by the Oxford English Dictionary, first edition, that short has been taken from the vowel of grit in {grits|grits}. — The Germanic verb is unattested outside of Old High German. The Indo-European base *ghreu̯dH-e/o- has no solidly comparable progeny outside of Germanic and Balto-Slavic. Compare also {grits|grits}, {groats|groat:1}, {grout:1|grout:1}.;

    [Verb]  | "grit" 


    1: to cause (one's teeth) to grind or grate —sometimes used figuratively

    2: to cover or spread with grit; especially : to smooth (a material, such as marble) with a coarse abrasive

    3: to give forth a grating sound

    Origin: 1762 ;

     Derivative of {see: |grit:1|grit:1}, with some senses probably in part phonesthemic and in part influenced by {see: |grate:3|grate:3};

    [Idiom]  | "grit one's teeth" 


    1: to press or rub the teeth together

    2: to show courage and determination when dealing with problems or challenges

    [Noun]  | "grit" 


    1: the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship;


      * e.g., " ... she was an athlete with true grit, continuing her training despite bad weather and an injury "




    [Verb]  | "grit" 


    1: to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound;


      * e.g., " ... the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain "



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     [ "grit" ]

    1: Grit, Reliability, Integrity, That's grit.

      * e.g.,  ... Friend 1: "Wow Patrick Bateman is such a sigma male" 

     [ "grit" ]

    1: A cigarette.

      * e.g.,  ... Lets go smoke a grit. 

     [ "grit" ]

    1: what a 12 year old kid who thinks smoking gives the biggest buzz ever calls a cigarette.

      * e.g.,  ... *sees person of age smoking* 

     [ "grit" ]

    1: To cum

      * e.g.,  ...  When my parents aren't home, I take my pants off, jack off to porn, and I eventually grit all over my left hand! I fucked my brother's wife and we had a simultaneous and intense grit; he gave me permission way before they were married... but she did not know that. My boyfriend tried the pull out method on me and gritted all over my stomach! The fun times we have in my mom's room... 

     [ "grit" ]

    2: To ejaculate semen OR cum (noun for semen or orgasm) Originated in Montgomery County in the DMV Just a fun, more original way of saying "cum"

     [ "grit" ]

    1: (noun) Derogitory term for the "white trash" underclass. The kind of folks that smoked in high school and took auto mechanics.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't cut behind the baseball dugouts--that's where the grits hang out. 

     [ "grit" ]

    2: Derived from "The Grit Pit," the name for the designated smoking area at Westerville South High School. (A designated smoking area at a HIGH SCHOOL?! Ah, yes, those were the days.)

     [ "grit" ]

    1:  a redneck

      * e.g.,  ... when grits want to express feelings, they often say 'hewwwwww!' 

     [ "grit" ]

    2:  a filthy person

     [ "grit" ]

    3:  a cigarette

     [ "grit" ]

    4:  a grain often served in southern states as breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

     [ "grit" ]

    1: sand paper types. ranging from low to high numbers

      * e.g.,  ... 400 grit sandpaper, nice! 

     [ "grit" ]

    1: A member of the liberal party of Canada.

      * e.g.,  ... Grit crosses floor over same sex marriage. 

     [ "grit" ]

    1: Having the physical and psychic strength to complete any task.

      * e.g.,  ... Alex was a pussy beacuase he couldn't get it up a third time that hour. He had no GRIT. 

     [ "grit" ]

    1: A filthy red-neck. Not just a red neck. You must be both filty and a red neck to be a grit.

      * e.g.,  ... That grit need to get out from under that pick-up truck and take a bath. 

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