grit

Definition

  • noun: very small pieces of sand or stone
  • noun: a hard sharp granule (as of sand)
  • verb: to give forth a grating sound

Examples

  • Starting your own business can be very tough, but you just have to 'grit your teeth' and keep working at it.

  • Through resourcefulness and 'grit', the pioneers survived the winter.

  • He shook out his shoes to remove the small rocks and 'grit'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Move. I said move, goddamn it! What do you want to do, take another swim? Maybe we don't want chow tonight. Move your girlie butts! After you pack grits, report to Alpha barracks on the double. Get them dick-skinning hands out of my garbage cans. What the hell's goin' on? I told you, get your chow (..)
    1997 G.I. Jane