Definition of be grit

grit

adjective

unattractive (describing a person); "nasty"; "gross".
He is so grit!
- See more words with the same meaning: unattractive, ugly.
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.
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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.
- See more words with the same meaning: cigarette, cigar.
Last edited on Feb 11 1998. Submitted by Anonymous on Feb 11 1998.
a country bumpkin; "redneck".
- See more words with the same meaning: rural dweller.
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':
cojones	Definitions include: testicles.
balls out	Definitions include: See also balls to the wall.
brass clankers	Definitions include: Literally, brass testicles.
balls of steel	Definitions include: metaphorical testicles that people with courage or gall have.
gutsy	Definitions include: full of courage.
ballsy	Definitions include: brave.
cowboy up	Definitions include: to face a daunting task, as a brave cowboy would.
balls	Definitions include: exclamation of disappointment.
edgy	Definitions include: socially dangerous or daring; intellectually provocative; tending to induce unease or stress in viewers.
backbone	Definitions include: metaphor: having a "backbone" endows one with courage, will.
Other terms relating to 'cigarette, cigar':
bone	Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse.
killthroat	Definitions include: cigarette.
smokey treat	Definitions include: a cigarette.
cancer stick	Definitions include: cigarette.
smoke	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
smog	Definitions include: a cigarette.
charch	Definitions include: a cigarette.
wet	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
rette	Definitions include: short for cigarette.
square	Definitions include: a cigarette.
*fg**	Definitions include: a cigarette.
butt	Definitions include: extremely ugly.
jigs	Definitions include: a cigarette.
stogie	Definitions include: cigar.
stah	Definitions include: a cigarette.
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Other terms relating to 'rural dweller':
Whiskey Tango	Definitions include: phonetic abbreviation for white trash.
hayseed	Definitions include: a person from a rural area; "bumpkin".
bumpkin	Definitions include: an unsophisticated person from a rural area.
neck	Definitions include: abbreviation for redneck.
bushpig	Definitions include: an unattractive person from the Bush, i.e. the country-side of Australia.
billy	Definitions include: abbreviated form of hillbilly.
stick	Definitions include: a person who lives in a rural area.
hick	Definitions include: a person from a rural area.
good ol' boy	Definitions include: see good old boy.
slack-jawed	Definitions include: in the manner of a slack-jaw.
white trash	Definitions include: poor, uneducated Caucasians.
slack-jaw	Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin".
hillbilly	Definitions include: an uncultured person who lives in a rural area.
bamma	Definitions include: a person from a rural area; uncool person.
gritter	Definitions include: a person who is of the red-neck, trailer trash, low morals variety.
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Other terms relating to 'unattractive, ugly':
hard on the eyes	Definitions include: unattractive.
dirty	Definitions include: a person so promiscuous as to be disgusting.
mugly	Definitions include: very unattractive.
ghettified	Definitions include: unattractive or ugly, repulsive.
buck	Definitions include: unattractive.
scary	Definitions include: ugly, weird.
boots	Definitions include: ugly
busted	Definitions include: extremely ugly.
hogley	Definitions include: ugly with a capital "G".
hugly	Definitions include: extremely ugly. An contraction of "hella ugly."
fug	Definitions include: short for "fugly", which is short for "fucking ugly."
butt ugly	Definitions include: very ugly.
ugly stick	Definitions include: See beat with the ugly stick, get hit with the wrong end of the ugly stick, hit with an ugly stick.
hit with an ugly stick	Definitions include: used to describe an ugly person.
pukoid	Definitions include: (noun) Describing someone not attractive in some way.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'grit':
grit bar	Definitions include: a decrepit bar; "dive bar".
grit on	Definitions include: to stare at someone with an intimidating expression; "glare".
over-cook (one's) grits	Definitions include: to make a person angry.