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" I grew up in Doraville, Georgia and I ate barbecued ribs and chicken fried steak, and all kinds of cheesy grits, you know, and I never even thought twice about it."
Kathy Freston

Meaning of "grits" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRITS

Old English grytt; related to Old High German gruzzi.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GRITS

ɡrɪts


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRITS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grits is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRITS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Grits

Grits refers to a ground-corn food of Native American origin, that is common in the Southern United States and eaten mainly at breakfast. Modern grits are commonly made of alkali-treated corn known as hominy. Grits are similar to other thick maize-based porridges from around the world such as polenta. "Instant grits" have been processed to speed cooking. The word "grits" derives from the Old English word "grytt," meaning coarse meal. This word originally referred to wheat and other porridges now known as groats in parts of the UK. Maize, unknown in Europe in the Middle Ages, is a food derived from corn and "corn" had been used to describe wheat products in many European regions. "Grits" may be either singular or plural; historically, in the American South the word was invariably singular notwithstanding its plural form.

Definition of grits in the English dictionary

The definition of grits in the dictionary is hulled and coarsely ground grain.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRITS

Biarritz · blitz · credits · dates · favourites · fritz · highlights · it´s · its · lights · Massachusetts · merits · minutes · nights · rates · ritz · separates · spirits · spritz · staretz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRITS

grist to the mill · grister · gristle · gristliness · gristly · gristmill · grisy · grit · grith · gritless · gritstone · gritted · gritter · grittier · grittiest · grittily · grittiness · gritting · gritty · grivation

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRITS

animal spirits · ardent spirits · beaux esprits · call it quits · exploits · flow of spirits · health benefits · high spirits · hominy grits · limits · methylated spirits · neutral spirits · on its merits · pits · quits · splits · straits · to be off limits · units · waits

Synonyms and antonyms of grits in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRITS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grits» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «grits» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF GRITS

Find out the translation of grits to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of grits from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grits» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sémola
570 millions of speakers
en

English

grits
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

जई का आटा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فريك
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

крупа
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

grits
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মোটাভাবে চূর্ণিত শস্য
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

gruau de maïs
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Gandum
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Grütze
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

粗びきトウモロコシ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

밀가루
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Grits
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bột kiều mạch
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தீட்டப்படாத
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चिंधी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kaba öğütülmüş tahıl
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fiocchi d´avena
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kasza
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

крупа
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

crupe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κόκκων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grutten
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grits
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gryn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grits

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRITS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of grits
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «grits».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grits

EXAMPLES

9 QUOTES WITH «GRITS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grits.
1
Erin Andrews
Obviously as I'm getting older, I'm seeing changes in my body that I may not like... but I do love food, and I'm from the South. I'm not gonna lie, I eat fried chicken, I love macaroni and cheese, and I love grits.
2
Leigh-Allyn Baker
Our traditions have been waking up on Christmas morning and feasting on a southern breakfast. I'm from the South. We eat grits and biscuits and gravy and eggs with Ritz crackers and country ham, bacon, you name it.
3
Kathy Freston
I was weaned on chicken-fried steak and hominy grits with goopy gravy all over. I loved meat and wore fur.
4
Kathy Freston
I grew up in Doraville, Georgia and I ate barbecued ribs and chicken fried steak, and all kinds of cheesy grits, you know, and I never even thought twice about it.
5
Marjorie Gubelmann
I don't think people should be fed mesclun salad and chicken breast. My grandmother would serve grits and oxtail stew at a formal dinner, and if you didn't like it, well then you ate more beans or you went home and ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
6
Shanola Hampton
For breakfast I have grits, because I'm a Southern girl!
7
Larry the Cable Guy
I love food: biscuits and gravy, cheese grits, spaghetti and meatballs, chicken-fried steak with white gravy... but my favorite dish is my wife's beanie weenie cornbread casserole. It's so good. It sounds stupid, but if you eat it, it's heaven. Of course, it's only something you can eat if you've got a lot of money.
8
John Shelton Reed
We could say that people who eat grits, listen to country music, follow stock-car racing, support corporal punishment in the schools, hunt 'possum, go to Baptist churches and prefer bourbon to Scotch are likely to be Southerners.
9
Dale Robertson
Don't ever take a dramatic lesson. They will try to put your voice in a dinner jacket, and people like their hominy and grits in everyday clothes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRITS»

Discover the use of grits in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grits and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Grits
Through their voices, the novel charts this chapter in their lives, presenting, with humour and rage and a deep underlying sadness, a picture of the diversity and waste that is life in Britain today.A work of power, passion and enormous ...
Niall Griffiths, 2011
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101 Things to Do with Grits
Here are 101 delicious and inventive recipes for using grits at every meal, with tips and cooking techniques that show just how quick and versatile grits can be.
Harriss Cottingham, 2006
3
Grits (Girls Raised in the South) Guide to Life
This charming book is destined to become a bible for the Southern girl-whether born and bred, expatriated, or adoptive-and her many admirers.
Deborah Ford, 2004
4
Grits & Grunts: Folkloric Key West
Many a book has been written about Key West, but there has never been anything like Stetson Kennedy's Grits & Grunts, a portrait of the Key West that was.
Stetson Kennedy, 2008
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Grits and Glory
A killer tries to make the hurricane that blew through Glory, North Carolina, look like the bad guy.
Ron Benrey, Jane Benrey, 2008
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Bless His Heart: The GRITS Guide to Loving (or Just Living ...
From the bestselling author of The GRITS® Guide to Life—a manual for catching, loving, feeding, and living with Southern men If you’re living and breathing in this country, chances are you know a male GRITS (Gentlemen Raised In The ...
Deborah Ford, 2007
7
Good old grits cookbook: have grits your way
Includes sixty recipes for side dishes, entrees, muffins, bread, and cakes which use grits, and discusses such issues as whether the word "grits" is singular or plural, and why only people in the South eat grits THE GENIUS OF GRITS The ...
Bill Neal, David Perry, 1991
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Homily Grits and All the Fixin's: Or Nuthin' Interestin' ...
Although she relishes the telling and retelling of these tales of local legend, Georgia Sue longs to grow up and move away to some place where somethin' interestin' is always happenin', so she can write stories about that.
Betty Joyce Colgate, 2007
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Dim Sum, Bagels, and Grits: A Sourcebook for Multicultural ...
These are part of a new multiculturalism which, with its attendant joys and challenges, has become a fact of life in urban, suburban and even rural America.
Myra Alperson, 2001
10
Hallelujah! Pass the Grits
Growing up in the south among a huge and eccentric extended family. Hilarious family reading.
Danny Key, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRITS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grits is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Southern Classic With a Twist: Cheddar Grits
If you're not familiar with grits, you're in for a treat. The classic southern dish is made from ground hominy corn, similar to polenta. It has a ... «Care2.com, Jul 15»
2
Southern Perspective: Gabbing about grits
After more than a year of writing for you awesome people, I think I'm finally ready to tackle the big daddy of Southern food subjects: Grits. «Pensacola News Journal, Jul 15»
3
Tour de France 2015: Chris Froome grits and bares his teeth as …
Chris Froome has shown plenty of fight in this first week of the Tourde France. Not only on the road where, backed by a strong Team Sky squad, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Scapegoat N Grits: Paula Deen Fires Social Media Manager
Paula Deen stays losing because she's undoubtedly secure in her clouded racist ways and judgement. After the embattled celebrity cook ... «Hip-Hop Wired, Jul 15»
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Grits plan makes connections
Banff-Airdrie federal Liberal candidate Marlo Raynolds believes his party's recently announced “Real Change” plan for Canada's environment ... «Cochrane Times, Jul 15»
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Helen grits her teeth after crash slices open her leg
Helen is comforted by Geoff Thomas after the crash. Helen's leg after it was stitched up. On the road before the crash. Start Slideshow Stop ... «Redditch Standard, Jul 15»
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Shrimp and Grits | Paul Fehribach
Shrimp and Grits. Serves 4 to 6. 1/2 stick unsalted butter. 1/4 cup tasso or other smoked ham, finely chopped into 1/8-inch pieces. «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
8
'Kiss my grits!'
Please leave my childhood alone liberal America. In a recent move that makes about as much sense as banning pepperoni from a pizza parlor, ... «Manteca Bulletin, Jul 15»
9
Coast Cooking: Big Bad Breakfast of shrimp and grits breakfast
It was the standard shrimp and grits, although Chef John Currence would use nothing but the Original Grit Girl Grits, as should you (find them at ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
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'Grits and Glam Tour' Hits PI Downs Friday
If you want to win tickets to the "Grits and Glam Tour" tune into Fox 66 Morning News at 8:00 for 'Fox Freebie Friday' for your chance to win. «YourErie, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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