grits

See also: Grits

English

grits (on the left of the plate)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹɪts/
• Rhymes: -ɪts

Etymology 1

See grit ‎(“hulled oats”)

Noun

grits

1. plural of grit ('hulled oats')
2. (Western Hemisphere) Coarsely ground hominy which is boiled and eaten, primarily in the Southern United States.

Usage notes

• Grits usually takes a plural verb, especially outside the southern US.

Related terms

• nitty-gritty
• gruel
• grout

Translations

hulled oats

• Finnish: ryynit (fi)

• Spanish: gofio (es)

coarsely ground corn

• German: Maisgrieß m, Polenta (de) f

• Polish: kasza (pl) f
• Spanish: sémola de maíz f, polenta (es) f, chuchoca (es) f (Chile)

See also

• Grits on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• cornmeal
• polenta

Etymology 2

See grit (Etymology 1).

Noun

grits

1. plural of grit

Verb

grits

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of grit

Anagrams

• girts, grist