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gritty
adjective
grit·;ty ;gri-t;
grittier; grittiest
Synonyms of gritty
1
: containing or resembling grit
2
: courageously persistent : plucky
a gritty heroine
3
: having strong qualities of tough uncompromising realism
a gritty novel
grittily
;gri-t;-l;
 adverb
grittiness
;gri-t;-n;s
 noun


Did you know?
Gritty comes from grit ("small hard granules"), which in turn derives, via Middle English, from an Old English word for "sand" or "gravel." Grit has been around since before the 12th century, but the first appearance of gritty in print in English was near the end of the 16th century, when it was used in the sense of "resembling or containing small hard granules." Grit entered American slang with the meaning "courage or persistence" in the early 19th century, and gritty followed suit with a corresponding "plucky" sense. By the 19th century's end, gritty was also being used to describe a literary style that was rough and coarse.

Examples of gritty in a Sentence
I admire her gritty determination to succeed.
The book describes the gritty realities of life on the streets.
He gave us all of the gritty details of his divorce.
Recent Examples on the Web
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That’s the crux of the case made by Empire Skate, which traces the global influence of the gritty New York City skateboarding scene that emerged in the early- to-mid-‘90s.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 26 June 2025
Everything about his experiences growing up in the ’80s and ’90s tells him that what’s missing might be grittier than a polished package.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
Dort was also instrumental with his defensive IQ, gritty rebounding efforts, and rainbow jumpers as the shot clock expired.
—Shane Young, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
The album's pop friendly productions blended with Springsteen's gritty vocals brought Heartland rock to a wider audience.
—Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 24 June 2025
Word History
Etymology
grit entry 1 + -y entry 1

First Known Use
1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of gritty was in 1598
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Phrases Containing gritty
get down to the nitty-gritty
nitty-gritty
the nitty-gritty

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The phrase "get down to the nitty-gritty" means to focus on the most important or fundamental aspects of a situation. It is often used to indicate a shift from casual conversation to discussing the specifics of a topic. For example, in a meeting, one might say, "Let's get down to the nitty-gritty" to signal that it's time to address the core issues at hand.
The Free Dictionary

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grit

noun
small loose particles of stone or sand:
"she had a bit of grit in her eye"
Similar:
gravel
pebbles
stones
shingle
sand
dust
dirt

courage and resolve; strength of character:
"he displayed the true grit of the navy pilot"

Similar:
courage
courageousness
bravery
pluck
mettle

verb
move with or make a grating sound:
"fine red dust that gritted between the teeth"
Similar:
clench
grate
grind
gnash
scrape
rasp

Translate grit to

German
Streugut

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Sandpaper Grit Chart
Story by Chris Deziel

It's hard to think of a home improvement project that doesn't involve sandpaper. Woodworkers use it to smooth and shape wood. Painters and refinishers need it to remove old finishes and polish new ones. Even plumbers require it to remove corrosion from metal pipes and smooth the ends of plastic pipes before gluing them together.

If you're doing drywall work or cleaning old grout, you'll need it, too. You can even use it in a pinch to sharpen tools or file your fingernails!

Because it has so many uses, it's not surprising that sandpaper comes in multiple forms. Variations include:

Abrasive material used;
Type of backing;
Format (sheet, belt or disk) for specific sanding machines.
Grit is one of the most important variables. Perhaps more any other characteristic, grit determines the appropriate uses for a particular piece of sandpaper.

What Is Sandpaper Grit?
Grit measures sandpaper's coarseness, determined by the size of the abrasive particles on its surface.

A coarse grit wears down whatever you're sanding more quickly, but it also leaves deep scratches. Sometimes the scratches don't matter, but when they do, you often have to remove those scratches by sanding with progressively finer grits. Woodworkers, flooring installers and furniture refinishers call that process "going through the grits."


The Coated Abrasive Manufacturers Institute (CAMI) and the Federation of European Producers of Abrasives (FEPA) regulate sandpaper grit standards. They refer to the size and number of holes in the screens that filter the abrasive particles.

Large particles fit through larger holes. Because they're larger, a standard filtering screen requires fewer of them. Consequently, coarser grits are known by smaller numbers than finer grits, much like larger-diameter wires have smaller gauge numbers in the American Wire Gauge system.

The CAMI and the FEPA use different grit numbers, and those of the latter are typically preceded by the letter "P." In the CAMI system, sandpaper grits range from 24 to 1,000 (and sometimes higher), which corresponds to P12 to P2,500 in the FEPA system. The CAMI system predominates in North America.

Grits Are Categorized Into Grades
While it's theoretically possible to manufacture sandpaper grits in tiny progressions, it would be impractical and confuse customers. Consequently, grit numbers increase by standard intervals. The higher the number, the finer the grit. Coarse grits progress from 24 to 30 to 36, while fine ones rise from 600 to 800 to 1,000 and beyond.

Because coarse and fine sandpaper grits are used differently, manufacturers established grades — each consisting of one or more grit numbers — to help consumers decide which type fits a particular purpose. The coarsest grade, designated as extra-coarse, includes 24-, 30- and 36-grit paper. The finest grade (i.e. ultra-fine) includes 800- and 1,000-grit paper.

When choosing sandpaper, it's important to select the right grade for the job. A paper that's too coarse will leave the surface scratched and damaged, while one that's too fine won't do the job. Extra-coarse and ultra-fine grades are generally reserved for rough sanding and polishing. A medium or fine grade works best for most projects around the house.


Sandpaper Grades And Grits Family Handyman

Sandpaper Grades and Grits
The coarsest sandpaper grades and grits are generally used with machines, such as belt and drum sanders, while the finest grades come on waterproof sheets that can be combined with water for polishing. Medium and fine grits are available on 9- x 11-inch paper or cardboard sheets, or on precut backings for machines like detail or random orbital sanders.

The grades and grits you'll find at hardware stores include:

Extra-coarse (24-, 30- and 36-grit): Generally used for preliminary hardwood floor sanding, this usually comes in belts that fit on a drum sander, or disks that fit an edger.
Coarse (40-, 50- and 60-grit): Coarse grits remove a lot of material quickly, like sanding paint off wood or sanding out deep gouges. Coarse grades are available in 9- x 11-inch sheets, belts for drum and belt sanders, and disks for disk sanders.
Medium (80-grit): This is often the first grade chosen when going through the grits to prepare wood for finishing. Use it to hand sand, or with a belt or orbital sander. It's also good for removing rust and corrosion from metal.
Fine (100- and 120-grit): The best utility sandpaper. Fine grades smooth scratches left by coarser grades and rough up painted surfaces before accepting new paint. They're also good for sanding drywall. When you just need some for hand-sanding, or to use with an orbital sander, this is the grade you'll most likely use.
Very-fine (150-, 180- and 220-grit): This produces ultra-smooth surfaces on wood. People often use it to scuff-sand lacquer, polyurethane and other finishes before applying another coat.
Extra-fine (320- and 360-grit): The first of the micro-abrasives, this is primarily for sanding finishes before polishing.
Super-fine (400-, 500- and 600-grit): Use this for polishing finishes on wood and metal, and to polish bare metal. It comes on waterproof sheets to allow for wet-sanding.
Ultra-fine (800-, 1,000-grit and beyond): Use this grade for ultra-smooth polishing of wood and metal finishes and bare metal.


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I'm gonna write a gritty action movie about a mathematician who loses his memory and has to uncover a conspiracy inside the Berlin Academy.
I'll call it: "The Euler Identity"

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Deadpool is the perfect combo of cheesy and gritty.
It is a grate film

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I've been charged with murdering a man with sandpaper.
But, to be honest, I just intended to rough him up a bit.

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For my diorama, I tried to make a few desert elevations...
I really made a mesa things though.

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What does a blind person say when you give them sand paper?
"That's a small font."

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I was charged with accidentally killing a man with sandpaper.
I didn't mean too. All I wanted to do was rough him up a bit.

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I’ve got a mate writing a tell all book about life in the snow plough business.
He says it will be a very gritty read.

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I tried to tell me wife about a dream I had where I was weaving the hair of the Philadelphia Flyer's mascot into intricate braids...
She was disgusted, and told me she didn't want the Knit-ty Gritty details.

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Why did the mountain hate the beach?
He wasn’t shore

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;; u/ragethissecons
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We had an IDEA...
Back a few decades, I was working in a program with a local college in the Middle East.

The name of the program for ExPats has the clever acronym of "IDEA" (hey, I said it was clever); which stands for "Inter-Departmental Educational Adjunct". It's interdepartmental because my particular specialty not only covers field geology but also paleontology and a bit of archeology thrown in for good measure. Everyone hopes to have a good IDEA...

ahem...

Well, we saddle up and head for the Dune Sea out in the west of the country, where the Precambrian, Cambrian, Silurian, Cretaceous, Pliocene, Pleistocene, and Holocene crop out and access is relatively easy and non-injurious.

Well, we caravan out, some 30 Land Cruisers, Nissan patrol, and the odd Mitsubishi Galloper strong. We all get our maps, compasses and split up into 5 or 6 special interest groups ("SIG's"); where each IDEA has his own GPS and LIDAR laser ranging apparatus. Reason being, that there are very few benchmarks out in the desert, and even those are constantly at the mercy of the shifting and ever-blowing sands.

Since we're split into groups and at any one time, ranging up to and including some 50 km2, when a real find is located, a device called the "DIME" (Digital-Interface Monitor Encoder) is attached and programmed into the GPS for location later; it is a digital sort of low-frequency transponder, developed from technology used by offshore drillers and jacket setters where benchmarks are even more transitory.

The way it works is rather simple. When something is to be marked for later retrieval, a series of wooden posts are pounded in a triangular manner around the find and the DIME is set, programmed with the GPS and attached to one or more of the posts.

That's the theory, at least.

Everything works well, especially all the hardened electronics and computer gizmos, but attaching the DIME to the stakes is the real problem. It can't be nailed, screwed or fastened with any sort of metal contrivance as that farkles the magnetic field and causes all sorts of goofy spurious signals. Zip ties don't last long in the heat and duct tape is right out. Many sites have been lost to the shifting sands this way.

Velcro doesn't work too well, as the sand fills the hooks of the receiving piece of velcro and soon renders it useless. String or fishing line work, but that's temporary (they melt). Glue or mastic are out as these are supposed to be temporary. Even plastic sleeves don't work due to the heat out

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Did you hear about 50 Cent's clever new song about the small, detail-oriented urban cat?
They're calling it "Fiddy's witty itty bitty nitty gritty city kitty ditty".

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I just sold my car and this was my add
Hi Folks, If you are a linguist then I am selling your dream car! I’m selling an Accent, a 2004 Hyundai Accent to be precise. Even if you don’t know a bunch of languages, this car is still great for you.

Just like me, it’s been around the birthday block a few times, but there’s still lots of life left in both of us, I guarantee! If you are looking for the perfect body, seek out a surgeon. If you’re looking for a car that will love you just the way you are, this is it. Now I know what you’re thinking, “I bet this is a junker”, but you’d be wrong. Next to my wife this is the best body I’ve ever had my hands on.

What’s wrong with it mechanically you ask? Nothing! It drives great, A/C & heat still work like a dream, breaks work, transmission shifts good, and the 1.6L engine runs great. With its age, the engine has had some parts replaced. All the belts have recently been changed, that happens with age as I just went up a few sizes myself. The washer fluid pump has been changed because it’s important to be able to have a good cry once in a while. I did an oil change in the summer and depending on how long it takes for this car to finds it’s new match, I will do another in the next month or so.

Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I’ll give you a run down of what the interior is like. It’s what’s on the inside that matters anyway right? I am the 3rd owner of this car and the previous owner was a smoker. I don’t believe there is a cigarette smell anymore but the cloth seats do have little holes in them. I mean hey, when you play with fire you get burnt right? The stereo head unit has been replaced with a modern Pioneer as the original just wasn’t in tune with my musical needs as a Dj. The only real problem this pretty young thing has is the passenger rear seatbelt does not retract. Since I have two mini controllers I taxi around, I’ve had car seats in the back and have had no reason to replace the seatbelt yet. A new one is only a cool $250 from Hyundai but will take some time for delivery. There are still 4 working seatbelts in the car so if you’re traveling with another couple, I’m sure they’ll love to cuddle up in the middle and behind you, the driver.

The trunk is spacious enough for the average trunk but just doesn’t work out so well for hauling Dj gear. The rear seats fold as easy a poker player having their bluff called, so it will give you extra room. Not much more that I can think of to tell you about but take a look at the plethora of p