Grit, Grits, or Gritty may refer to: Food Grit (grain), bran, chaff, mill-dust or coarse oatmeal Grits, a corn-based food common in the Southern United States Minerals Grit, winter pavement-treatment minerals deployed in grit bins Grit, or gastrolith, swallowed abrasive substances with roles in digestion Gritstone, category of sedimentary rock Shell grit, dietary calcium source in birds Abrasive technologies Grit, one of the byproducts of grinding, an abrasive machining process Grit removal, the removal of grit, the coarse abrasive material in untreated sewage Grit size table, fineness/coarseness classification of sandpaper grit, and compares the CAMI and "P" designations with the average grit size in micrometres (µm) Art and entertainment Grit (film), a 1924 American silent film starring Clara Bow Grit (newspaper), a magazine, formerly a weekly newspaper Grit (Transformers), a Micromasters Decepticon - Constructor Squad character Grit (TV network), an American digital multicast television network Grit (Martyn Bennett album), a 2003 album by Martyn Bennett Grit (Madrugada album), a 2002 album by Norwegian band Madrugada GRITS, a hip hop duo from the United States People with the name Grit Boettcher (born 1938), German actress Grit Breuer (born 1972), former German athlete Diederik Grit (1949–2012), Dutch translator and translation scholar Grit Haid (1900–1938), Austrian stage and film actress Grit Hammer (born 1966), retired German shot putter Grit Hegesa (1891–1972), German dancer and silent film actress Grit Jurack (born 1977), former German handball player Grit Lehmann (born 1976), professional female volleyball player Grit Müller (born 1972), retired German swimmer Grit Naumann (born 1966), retired German female volleyball player Grit Šadeiko (born 1989), Estonian heptathlete Grit Slaby (born 1965), German swimmer Places Grit, Texas, USA Grit, Virginia, USA Other uses Grit (personality trait), a positive non-cognitive trait GRIT, the RICS (gene), a protein in humans Grits, a former pet of US president Jimmy Carter Gritty (mascot), NHL mascot of the Philadelphia Flyers since 2018 Clear Grits, 19th-century political movement Liberal Party of Canada, colloquially referred to as the Grits GRITS, the new universal tolling system soon to be adopted in the Greek motorway system See also Steve Gritt (born 1957), British footballer Franklin Gritts (1915-1996), American artist Nitty-gritty (disambiguation) True Grit (disambiguation) German feminine given names