Grit, Grits, or Gritty may refer to:

Food

Grit (grain) Grit (going back to Old English ''grytt'' or ''grytta'' or ''gryttes''The ''OED'' gives the following earliest references: ''Epinal Gloss''. 823 Pullis, grytt. c1000 ÆLFRIC ''Gloss.'' in Wr.-Wülcker 141/20 ''Apludes'' uel ''cantabra,'' hwæte gr ...

, bran, chaff, mill-dust or coarse oatmeal *

Grits Grits are a type of porridge made from boiled cornmeal. Hominy grits are a type of grits made from hominy – corn that has been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization, with the pericarp (ovary wall) removed. Grits are of ...

, a corn-based food common in the Southern United States

Minerals

* Grit, winter pavement-treatment minerals deployed in

grit bin A grit bin, salt bin or sand bin is an item of street furniture, commonly found in countries where freezing temperatures and snowfall occur, which holds a mixture of salt and grit that is spread over roads if they have snow or ice on them. Sprea ...

s * Grit, or

gastrolith A gastrolith, also called a stomach stone or gizzard stone, is a rock held inside a gastrointestinal tract. Gastroliths in some species are retained in the muscular gizzard and used to grind food in animals lacking suitable grinding teeth. In oth ...

, swallowed abrasive substances with roles in digestion * Gritstone, category of sedimentary rock *

Shell grit Shell grit is coarsely ground or broken seashells. It is used, among other things, by birds as a source of calcium for egg shell production, and to aid digestion Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-solu ...

, dietary calcium source in birds

Abrasive technologies

* Grit, one of the byproducts of

grinding Grind is the cross-sectional shape of a blade. Grind, grinds, or grinding may also refer to: Grinding action * Grinding (abrasive cutting), a method of crafting * Grinding (dance), suggestive club dancing * Grinding (video gaming), repetitive and ...

, an abrasive machining process * Grit removal, the removal of grit, the coarse abrasive material in untreated sewage * Grit size table, fineness/coarseness classification of sandpaper grit, and compares the CAMI and "P" designations with the average grit size in micrometres (µm)

Art and entertainment

* ''Grit'' (film), a 1924 American silent film starring Clara Bow * ''Grit'' (newspaper), a magazine, formerly a weekly newspaper * Grit (Transformers), a ''Micromasters'' Decepticon - Constructor Squad character * ''Grit'' (TV network), an American digital multicast television network * ''Grit'' (Martyn Bennett album), a 2003 album by Martyn Bennett * ''Grit'' (Madrugada album), a 2002 album by Norwegian band Madrugada *

GRITS Grits are a type of porridge made from boiled cornmeal. Hominy grits are a type of grits made from hominy – corn that has been treated with an alkali in a process called nixtamalization, with the pericarp (ovary wall) removed. Grits are of ...

, a hip hop duo from the United States

People with the name

* Grit Boettcher (born 1938), German actress *

Grit Breuer Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4×100 m relay, and 4×400 m relay events. She has received injuries a ...

(born 1972), former German athlete * Diederik Grit (1949–2012), Dutch translator and translation scholar * Grit Haid (1900–1938), Austrian stage and film actress * Grit Hammer (born 1966), retired German shot putter * Grit Hegesa (1891–1972), German dancer and silent film actress * Grit Jurack (born 1977), former German handball player * Grit Lehmann (born 1976), professional female volleyball player * Grit Müller (born 1972), retired German swimmer * Grit Naumann (born 1966), retired German female volleyball player * Grit Šadeiko (born 1989), Estonian heptathlete * Grit Slaby (born 1965), German swimmer

Places

Grit, Texas Grit is an unincorporated farming and ranching community established around 1889 in Mason County, in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located on SH 29, northwest of Mason, near Honey Creek. Grit was centered on the cotton industry, and once ha ...

, USA * Grit, Virginia, USA

Other uses

Grit (personality trait) In psychology, grit is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual's perseverance of effort combined with the passion for a particular long-term goal or end state (a powerful motivation to achieve an objective). This perseverance of ...

, a positive non-cognitive trait * GRIT, the

RICS (gene) Rho GTPase-activating protein 32 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''RICS'' gene. RICS has two known isoforms, RICS that are expressed primarily at neurite growth cones, and at the post synaptic membranes, and PX-RICS which is more w ...

, a protein in humans * Grits, a former pet of US president Jimmy Carter * Gritty (mascot), NHL mascot of the Philadelphia Flyers since 2018 *

Clear Grits Clear Grits were reformers in the Canada West district of the Province of United Canada, a British colony that is now the Province of Ontario, Canada. Their name is said to have been given by David Christie, who said that only those were wante ...

, 19th-century political movement * Liberal Party of Canada, colloquially referred to as the Grits *

, the new universal tolling system soon to be adopted in the Greek motorway system