Grit

Grit, Grits, or Gritty may refer to:

Food

• Grit (grain), bran, chaff, mill-dust or coarse oatmeal
• Grits, a corn-based food common in the Southern United States

Minerals

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Grit, Texas, USA
• Grit, Virginia, USA

Other uses

• 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

• Steve Gritt (born 1957), British footballer
• Franklin Gritts (1915-1996), American artist
• Nitty-gritty (disambiguation)
• True Grit (disambiguation)