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 Grit Boettcher (; born 10 August 1938) is a German actress. Early life In 1938, Boettcher was born in Berlin, Germany. Career Boettcher is an actress in various films on German TV and in stage productions. Boettcher is sometimes credited i ...

(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 Grit Haid (born Margarete Haid, 14 March 1900 – 13 August 1938) was an Austrian stage and film actress.Kapczynski & Richardson p.60 She was the younger sister of the actress Liane Haid. She died in a plane crash in 1938. Selected filmography * ...

(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 Grit Jurack (born 22 October 1977) is a former German handball player, who played on the German women's national handball team. She was Top Scorer in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship and included on the All-Star Team.,

(born 1977), former German handball player *

Grit Lehmann Grit Lehmann (born 1 August 1976) is a German former professional volleyball player. In March 2013, she announced her retirement after playing her last game for Swiss club VC Kanti Schaffhausen VC may refer to: Military decorations * Victoria ...

(born 1976), professional female volleyball player *

Grit Müller Grit Müller (born 6 June 1972) is a retired German swimmer who won a silver medal in the 800 m freestyle at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships and a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley at the 1989 European Aquatics Championships Th ...

(born 1972), retired German swimmer *

Grit Naumann Grit Naumann (born ) is a retired German female volleyball player. She was part of the Germany women's national volleyball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. She participated in the 1994 FIVB Volleyball Women's Worl ...

(born 1966), retired German female volleyball player *

Grit Šadeiko Grit Šadeiko (born 29 July 1989) is an Estonian heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄ� ...

(born 1989), Estonian heptathlete *

Grit Slaby Grit Slaby (born 18 May 1965) is a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 400 metre individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics for East Germany. References External links * 1965 births Living people German female swimmers O ...

(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 Grit is an unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is the home of Ricky Van Shelton and the 2021 Southern New Hampshire University Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a private university betwe ...

, 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