Gravy Definition & Meaning
gravy
- noun
- a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
- the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
"Gravy" in song lyrics
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"Divine understanding the life, it's all gravy"
1.4.0. Productions f/ Lenore, Shawn Wigs — Yesterday -
"see i got that private stock the personal vat with the broth and gravy"
Aceyalone — Arhythamaticulas -
"This time me and my whip don forget the gravy"
Dre Dog (Andre Nickatina) & Equipto f/ Shag Nasty — Da Whip
Words that rhyme with gravy
Usage tips for "gravy"
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- What does gravy mean?
- a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
- What part of speech is gravy?
- Gravy is a noun.
- How many definitions does gravy have?
- Gravy has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).