Gitted vs Gritted - What's the difference?
gitted | gritted |
(git)
(British, slang, pejorative) A contemptible person.
(British, slang, pejorative) A silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying or childish person.
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(Appalachian, Southern US, AAVE) To get.
(Appalachian, Southern US, AAVE) To leave.
(grit)
Collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, swarf from metalworking.
Inedible particles in food.
Firmness of mind; invincible spirit; unyielding courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
A measure of relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper.
(geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, to a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g. grindstone grit .
To clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger; apparently only appears in gritting one's teeth .
To cover with grit .
To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.
* Goldsmith
(usually in plural) husked]] but unground [[oat, oats
(usually in plural) coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge
As verbs the difference between gitted and gritted
is that gitted is (git) while gritted is (grit).gitted
English
Verb
(head)git
English
Alternative forms
* getEtymology 1
From (etyl) , related to beget. (from Online Etymology Dictionary)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* 'Git' is usually used as an insult, more severe than twit but less severe than a true profanity like wanker or arsehole, and may often be used affectionately between friends. 'Get' can also be used, with a subtle change of meaning. 'You cheeky get!' is slightly less harsh than 'You cheeky git!'. * 'Git' is frequently used in conjunction with another word to achieve a more specific meaning. For instance a "smarmy git" refers to a person of a slimy, ingratiating disposition; a "jammy git" would be a person with undeserved luck. The phrase "grumpy old git", denoting a cantankerous old man, is used with particular frequency. * In parts of northern , 'get' is still used in preference to 'git'. In the Republic of Ireland, 'get', rather than 'git' is used. * The word has been ruled by the .Verb
(gitt)Etymology 2
Anagrams
* ----gritted
English
Verb
(head)grit
English
Etymology 1
With early modern vowel shortening, from (etyl) grete, griet, from (etyl) ‘lump’).Noun
(-)- The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways.
- It tastes like grit from nutshells in these cookies.
- That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball.
- I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper.
Derived terms
* *See also
* debris * mortar and pestle * swarfVerb
- We had no choice but to grit our teeth and get on with it.
- He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth.
- The sanded floor that grits beneath the tread.