Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Containing, covered with, or resembling grit.
- adjective Showing resolution and fortitude; plucky.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; full of or covered with hard particles; sandy.
- Courageous and resolute; determined; plucky.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
- adjective Colloq., U. S. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Containing
sand orgrit ; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles. - adjective Spirited;
resolute ;unyielding . - adjective film, literature Intense and starkly
realistic , especially if violent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective willing to face danger
- adjective composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
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Examples
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Like other USA series, "the reality is slightly heightened, (and) gritty is a word you would not apply," Eastin says.
With 'White Collar,' cable's USA Network collars new characters 2009
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Still, a lively, big-hearted tale, drenched in gritty working-class ambience.
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Ruben takes the boy under his wing, training him and putting him into a stable of up-and-coming fighters who tour neighboring towns to fight in gritty matches with small purses and high risks of injury.
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One of the issues I have with gamers, aside getting hung up on the nitty-gritty, is often the wish that the game they were playing was actually a different game altogether.
Going Out SVGL 2008
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The game was gritty from the start and three technicals were called before the first quarter was over - on Bryant, teammate Derek Fisher and the Rockets 'Aaron Brooks.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Even in gritty noir films, he was cast as the genial, sincere foil to the bad boys.
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood 2007
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No need to jump ahead of ourselves while the nitty-gritty is being invented. but at this point in my opinion QM models like the Penrose-Hammeroff ORCH-OR model is little more that speculation.
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I mean, even Publishers Weekly said – ‘Like Raymond Chandler, Hamilton describes California in gritty, lyrical prose …’ They said more, so get thee to her website.
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I mean, even Publishers Weekly said – ‘Like Raymond Chandler, Hamilton describes California in gritty, lyrical prose …’ They said more, so get thee to her website.
April 2006 2006
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The word gritty could have been invented just to describe Lehane's people, places, plots -- hey, the butter is gritty in his books.
Mean Street Makeover 2007
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