Gritting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grit \Grit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gritted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gritting}.]
     To grind; to rub harshly together; to grate; as, to grit the
     teeth. [Collog.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gritting
       See {grit}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grit
       n 1: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone [syn: {gritrock},
            {gritstone}]
       2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try
          it" [syn: {backbone}, {guts}, {moxie}, {sand}, {gumption}]
       v 1: cover with a grit; "grit roads"
       2: clench together; "grit one's teeth"
       [also: {gritting}, {gritted}]