gritty

adjective

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

dirty;

uncompromising;

characteristic of the ghetto

Collocates grimy⁴, Brick City, chucker, front, project, rhyme, rugged, slug, spit, thug, underground, what it do

Synonyms gangsta, grimy, gully, gutter, hardcore, hood, raw, real, rugged, street

Related concepts ghetto, project

1993-03-30 Onyx "Shiftee" [Bacdafucup]
Shiftee! Low down, gritty, and grimy
1994-11-22 Spice 1 "Tell Me What That Mail Like" [Amerikkka's Nightmare]
Cause I wouldn't look too gritty with my chest gone
1995-05-02 Naughty By Nature "World Goes Round" [Poverty's Paradise]
That's when the gritty gets grimy and the wicked gets witty

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