gritting

present participle of grit
as in scraping
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain

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“Gritting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gritting. Accessed 2 Nov. 2024.

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