gravy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
  2. noun the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
    pan gravy.
  3. noun a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
    windfall; bunce; bonanza; boom; manna from heaven; gold rush; godsend.
    • the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line

WordNet

Gra"vy noun
Etymology
OE. greavie; prob. fr. greaves, graves, the sediment of melted tallow. See Greaves.
Wordforms
plural Gravies
Definitions
  1. The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.
  2. Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc.

Webster 1913