1. grit - Noun
2. grit - Adjective
3. grit - Verb
Sand or gravel; rough, hard particles.
The coarse part of meal.
Grain, esp. oats or wheat, hulled and coarsely ground; in high milling, fragments of cracked wheat smaller than groats.
A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; as, millstone grit; -- called also gritrock and gritstone. The name is also applied to a finer sharp-grained sandstone; as, grindstone grit.
Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit.
Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage; fortitude.
To give forth a grating sound, as sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the teeth.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own. Jessamyn West
Despite all the divisions and discord within our democracy, I see the grit and determination and common goodness of the American people every single day –- and that makes me more confident than ever about our country's future. Barack Obama
Nobles' sons are one of nature's great destructive forces, like floods or tornadoes. When you're struck with one of these catastrophes, the only thing an average man can do is grit his teeth and try to minimize the damage. Patrick Rothfuss
In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth. Yasser Arafat
The guitar has a kind of grit and excitement possessed by nothing else. Brian May
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit. Wade Davis