1. A sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
   "He poured rich brown gravy over the roast beef and mashed potatoes"
    
2. The seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
   "He spooned the pan gravy over the roast beef";
   - pan gravy
    
3. [informal] A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
   "The unexpected inheritance was pure gravy";
   - boom, bonanza, gold rush, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: gravies

Type of: happening, juice, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, sauce

Encyclopedia: Gravy