Crossword clues for nitty-gritty
nitty-gritty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"basic facts," 1961, knitty-gritty, American English, said to have been chiefly used by black jazz musicians, perhaps ultimately from nit and grits "finely ground corn." As an adjective from 1966.
Wiktionary
n. (context colloquial English) The essence or core of something; the details.
WordNet
n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum]
Wikipedia
Nitty-gritty, Nitty Gritty, etc. may refer to:
- Nitty Gritty (1957–1991), Jamaican reggae singer
- Nitty Gritty (song), a 1963 song recorded by Shirley Ellis
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, an American country music band
Usage examples of "nitty-gritty".
This was no abstract discussion of black holes in general, but a lot of nitty-gritty data about one black hole in particular!
Oh, I know we do it to protect the Family and the Home, but when you get down to the nitty-gritty, we kill scumbags for a living.
Next were coordinating instructions, the nitty-gritty details like timings, grid references, RVs, locations of interest.