grits
/ɡɹɪts/
grits noun: coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States. Also the plural of grit.
Noun (1)
grits pl (plural only)
- Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.
Noun (2) capitalized: Grits
Grits
- plural of Grit
Proper noun capitalized: Grits
the Grits
- The Liberal Party of Canada.
Also used as
grits is also the plural of grit.
grits is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of grit.
Examples of grits in a sentence
- He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth.
- They're having a hard time getting used to the food down here. They don't like grits — bless their hearts, they don't even like sweet tea.
- In this city of guitars and grits, Andersen is the ambassador of pickin’ and grinnin’.
Origin of grits
See grit (Etymology 2, “hulled oats”).
See grit (Etymology 1).
Phrases with grits
Words that rhyme with grits
Questions about grits
- What does grits mean?
- Grits means coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.
- What part of speech is grits?
- Grits can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce grits?
- Grits is pronounced /ɡɹɪts/.
Words near grits in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grits (page history and authors); Grits (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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