- grits
- n.pl.
1 coarsely ground grain, esp. oatmeal.
2 oats that have been husked but not ground.
Etymology: OE grytt(e): cf. GRIT, GROATS
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nouncoarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States• Syn: ↑hominy grits• Hypernyms: ↑hot cereal* * *
/grits/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.)1. Also called hominy grits. coarsely ground hominy, boiled and sometimes then fried, eaten as a breakfast dish or as a side dish with meats.2. grain hulled and coarsely ground.* * *
grits /grits/plural noun1. Coarsely ground grain, esp oats or (US) hominy2. A boiled dish of thisORIGIN: OE grytta; cf ↑groats* * *
a food made from maize (=a type of grain) that has been crushed and boiled in water, often eaten for breakfast, especially in the southern US* * *
grits «grihts», noun (plural).1. corn, oats, wheat, or other grain with the husks removed and coarsely ground. Grits are eaten boiled.2. U.S. coarsely ground corn or hominy cooked as a cereal.╂[Middle English gryttes bran, chaff, alteration of Old English gryttan, plural of grytte. See related etym. at grit (Cf. ↑grit), groats (Cf. ↑groats), rout. (Cf. ↑rout)]* * *
[grits]plural n. [also treated as sing.] a dish of coarsely ground corn kernels boiled with water or milk■ coarsely ground corn kernels from which this dish is madeOrigin:Old English grytt, grytte ‘bran, mill dust’, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch grutten, German Grütze, also to groats* * *
/ˈgrıts/ noun [plural]: a type of ground corn that is eaten especially in the southern U.S.We had sausage and grits for breakfast.
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↑corn ( ↑maize ) that is partly crushed before cooking, often eaten for breakfast or as part of a meal in the southern USWord Origin:[grits] Old English grytt, grytte ‘bran, mill dust’, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch grutten, German Grütze.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.