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Noun: grit  grit
  1. A hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
    - gritrock, gritstone
     
  2. 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"

Derived forms: gritting, gritted, grits

See also: gritty

Type of: clench, coat, fortitude, sandstone, surface

Encyclopedia: Grit

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