What is "gritting"

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.]

n. The act by which something is gritted. vb. (present participle of grit English)

See grit

1. v. cover with a grit; "grit roads"

2. clench together; "grit one's teeth"

3. [also: gritting, gritted]

1. n. 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]

3. [also: gritting, gritted]