Thesaurus results for GRITTING

gritting

verb

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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Recent Examples of gritting The director, a graduate of the AFI conservatory, spent two summers growing up gritting his teeth at an all-boys sleepaway sports camp. —

Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025 Bob Donnan / Imagn Images North Carolina and head coach Bill Belichick picked up a second straight ACC win on Saturday, gritting to a 20-15 victory over Stanford in Chapel Hill. —

Justin Williams, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025

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Verb

First, test the shoots by scraping a few stems to see how much cold damaged occurred.

— Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
Process, scraping down sides as needed, until mixture is very smooth and creamy, about 3 minutes.

— Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026