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Definition of a grit

grit

adjective

  • unattractive (describing a person); "nasty"; "gross".
    He is so grit!

    Last edited on Oct 02 2012. Submitted by Devon J. from Minneapolis, MN, USA on Dec 15 1999.

  • a guy who wears a mullet.
    That dude with a mullet wearing white high top Reebok pumps and a jean jacket with a Metallica patch and skull ear rings is an old school grit from way back.
    This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.

    Last edited on Feb 20 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 18 2016.

  • 80's & 90's term for someone who listens to heavy metal

    Last edited on Jun 19 2023. Submitted by Anonymous on Jun 19 2023.

noun

  • cigarette.
    I was out of money so I bummed a grit.

    Last edited on Feb 11 1998. Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 11 1998.

  • a country bumpkin; "redneck".

    Last edited on May 08 2013. Submitted by Jacki P. from Bloomington, IN, USA on Mar 02 2008.

  • meth or speed.

    Last edited on Feb 20 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Oct 14 2012.

  • Where I was a kid in Southeastern Michigan in the late 1970's in high school, a "grit" was a kid who was part of the "tough" group. Smoking cigarettes, dress slovenly, likely smoked marijuana, girls would wear shirts showing bare midriff. That sort of thing. They likely were also part of the group that we called "burnouts." LOL. Hilarious stuff.

    Last edited on Jul 24 2020. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 24 2020.

noun - uncountable

  • spirit, courage.
    • See more words with the same meaning: brave.

    Last edited on Jul 26 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

  • a personality trait showing perseverance; able to maintain determination and motivation.
    I can ask John to help me with this problem; that man has grit.

    Last edited on Feb 20 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 08 2018.

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Other terms relating to 'brave':

Definitions include: testicles.
Definitions include: See also balls to the wall.
Definitions include: Literally, brass testicles.
Definitions include: metaphorical testicles that people with courage or gall have.
Definitions include: full of courage.
Definitions include: brave.
Definitions include: to face a daunting task, as a brave cowboy would.
Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
Definitions include: socially dangerous or daring; intellectually provocative; tending to induce unease or stress in viewers.
Definitions include: metaphor: having a "backbone" endows one with courage, will.

Other terms relating to 'cigarette, cigar':

Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
Definitions include: cigarette.
Definitions include: a cigarette.
Definitions include: cigarette.
Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
Definitions include: a cigarette.
Definitions include: a cigarette.
Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
Definitions include: short for cigarette.
Definitions include: a cigarette.
Definitions include: a cigarette.
Definitions include: extremely ugly.
Definitions include: a cigarette.
Definitions include: cigar.
Definitions include: a cigarette.

Other terms relating to 'rural dweller':

Definitions include: phonetic abbreviation for white trash.
Definitions include: a person from a rural area; "bumpkin".
Definitions include: an unsophisticated person from a rural area.
Definitions include: abbreviation for redneck.
Definitions include: an unattractive person from the Bush, i.e. the country-side of Australia.
Definitions include: abbreviated form of hillbilly.
Definitions include: a person who lives in a rural area.
Definitions include: a person from a rural area.
Definitions include: see good old boy.
Definitions include: in the manner of a slack-jaw.
Definitions include: poor, uneducated Caucasians.
Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin".
Definitions include: an uncultured person who lives in a rural area.
Definitions include: a person from a rural area; uncool person.
Definitions include: a person who is of the red-neck, trailer trash, low morals variety.

Other terms relating to 'unattractive, ugly':

Definitions include: unattractive.
Definitions include: a person so promiscuous as to be disgusting.
Definitions include: very unattractive.
Definitions include: unattractive or ugly, repulsive.
Definitions include: unattractive.
Definitions include: ugly, weird.
Definitions include: ugly
Definitions include: extremely ugly.
Definitions include: ugly with a capital "G".
Definitions include: extremely ugly. An contraction of "hella ugly."
Definitions include: short for "fugly", which is short for "fucking ugly."
Definitions include: very ugly.
Definitions include: See beat with the ugly stick, get hit with the wrong end of the ugly stick, hit with an ugly stick.
Definitions include: used to describe an ugly person.
Definitions include: (noun) Describing someone not attractive in some way.

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Other terms relating to 'grit':

Definitions include: a decrepit bar; "dive bar".
Definitions include: to stare at someone with an intimidating expression; "glare".
Definitions include: to make a person angry.

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