noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which something is gritted.

   "[…] many were the grins, and not few the grittings of his blackened teeth he had to smother at their swagger."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of grit form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

backbonefortitudeair pollutionattritusbackboneballs

Example

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"Tom is gritting his teeth in obvious pain."

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