grits
- noun
- /ɡrɪts/
- US
:
sémola de maíz
- You put the sugar in the grits after it's on your plate, right?
- cheese grits
You put the sugar in the grits after it's on your plate, right?
- You put the sugar in the grits after it's on your plate, right?
- We're here to give a good char to your grits, to your eggs, to your beef.
- We have, like, bacon and eggs and sausage and grits and these biscuits that my Aunt TC can like.
- OK, now how do you feel about, like, hot cereals, like cream of wheat, Coco, wheats, like grits?
Examples
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He's like, you want to get the catfish with the grits and the eggs.
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We're here to give a good char to your grits, to your eggs, to your beef.
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We want the shrimp and grits, the the salmon bites, you know, the street corn.
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We have, like, bacon and eggs and sausage and grits and these biscuits that my Aunt TC can like.
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It's really nice that has the texture of like grits with some really good spices and like fishy creamy.
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For breakfast, I enjoy a bowl of grits topped with butter and cheese.
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In the southern United States, grits are often served alongside shrimp and sausage.
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Many people like to add hot sauce to their grits for extra flavor.
Synonyms
1
8.6
A boiled breakfast dish made from roughly ground corn, common in the southern United States
Corn ground into coarse pieces that people use for food
Compounds
- US
1
8.6
A boiled breakfast dish made from roughly ground corn, common in the southern United States
How Coarse
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grits comes from an old English word grit, which meant 'small stones' or 'coarse meal'. So, grits kept the idea of 'small hard bits' and now means coarsely ground corn that is boiled and eaten for breakfast, especially in the southern United States.