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 sizes, 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 (duo), a hip hop duo from the United States

Places

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

Other uses

  • Grit (given name), short for "Margaret"
  • Diederik Grit (1949–2012), Dutch translator and translation scholar
  • 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 or Greek Interoperable Tolling System, 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)