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Grits

//ɡɹɪts// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Liberal Party of Canada. Canadian
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of grit ('hulled oats'); groats. form-of, plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    plural of grit form-of, plural
  3. 3
    plural of Grit form-of, plural
  4. 4
    coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States wordnet
  5. 5
    Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States. plural, plural-only
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of grit form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

See grit (Etymology 2, “hulled oats”).

Etymology 2

See grit (Etymology 1).

Etymology 3

See grit (Etymology 1).

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