Grit, Grits, or Gritty may refer to:
Food
[edit]- Grit (grain), bran, chaff, mill-dust or coarse oatmeal
- Grits, a corn-based food common in the Southern United States
Minerals
[edit]- Grit, winter pavement-treatment minerals deployed in grit bins
- Grit, or gastrolith, swallowed abrasive substances with roles in digestion
- Gritstone, category of sedimentary rock
- Grit (supplement), calcium source and digestion aid in birds
Abrasive technologies
[edit]- Grit, one of the byproducts of grinding, 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
[edit]- Grit (film), a 1924 American silent film starring Clara Bow
- Grit (play), a 2023 Nigerian play by Obari Gomba
- 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, a hip hop duo from the United States
People with the name
[edit]- Grit Boettcher (born 1938), German actress
- Grit Breuer (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
[edit]- Grit, Texas, USA
- Grit, Virginia, USA
Other uses
[edit]- Grit (personality trait), a positive non-cognitive trait
- GRIT, the RICS (gene), 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, 19th-century political movement
- Liberal Party of Canada, colloquially referred to as the Grits
- GRITS, the new universal tolling system soon to be adopted in the Greek motorway system
See also
[edit]- Steve Gritt (born 1957), British footballer
- Franklin Gritts (1915-1996), American artist
- Nitty-gritty (disambiguation)
- True Grit (disambiguation)