nitty

It can do the nitty-gritty physical steps about four to 10 times as fast as a person can, and its precision helps improve reproducibility.
Fast forward|Cara Giaimo, SM ’15|April 28, 2021|MIT Technology Review
For a nitty-gritty explanation of how helicopters and airplanes fly, check out the lift equation.
What We Know About the Deadly Alaskan Heli Crash|Marc Peruzzi|April 10, 2021|Outside Online
That this financial nitty-gritty is what excited Swift most might seem at odds with her image as a singer-songwriter who performs on sets that look like a cottage in a fairy-tale forest.
Here’s Why Taylor Swift Is Re-Releasing Her Old Albums|Raisa Bruner|March 25, 2021|Time
Some scientists have taken on the nitty-gritty task of building backprop-like models based on the known properties of individual neurons.
Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn|Anil Ananthaswamy|February 18, 2021|Quanta Magazine

In May 2020, the agency released a 10-year plan to dig into the nitty-gritty of nutrition, tackling the “what, when, why, and how to eat” to optimize health and reduce chronic health plagues such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.
Massive National Health Study Looks to Tailor Your Diet to Your Genetic Makeup|Shelly Fan|February 16, 2021|Singularity Hub
The dramatic popularization of a phrase like “nitty-gritty” demonstrates that language is always changing across social contexts.
Feminist, Bae, Turnt: Time’s ‘Worst Words’ List Is Sexist and Racist|Samantha Allen|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Manchester-based activist was born in Kinshasa but raised on the “nitty, gritty streets of London town.”
Lesbian Brit Kidnapped to Be ‘Cured’ in Congo|Nina Strochlic|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In terms of the nitty-gritty of writing, George brings the skill set of being able to get it out on paper pretty quickly.
Grant Heslov Is the Robin to George Clooney’s Batman|Andrew Romano|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It gives a pleasant sense of transgression, of really being in the nitty-gritty.
‘Stupid Enough to Pay’: Tim Parks’s Italian Rail Adventures|Tim Parks|June 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Obviously, Obama is not going to get into the nitty gritty of implementation.
What to Look for In Tonight's State of the Union|Megan McArdle|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He has need o' a clean pow that ca's his neighbour nitty now.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop

British Dictionary definitions for nitty (1 of 2)

nitty¹

/ (ˈnɪtɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

infested with nits

British Dictionary definitions for nitty (2 of 2)

nitty²

/ (ˈnɪtɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

informal foolish; stupid

Word Origin for nitty

C20: from nitwit

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012