a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
Used in a Sentence
gravy
How to use gravy in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for gravy.
Editorial note
AT&T is warning them the gravy train stops when they let in Google.
Examples7
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of gravy gathered in one view.
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"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for gravy.
noun
a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
noun
the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added
noun
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"
Example sentences
AT&T is warning them the gravy train stops when they let in Google.
'Don't call your Senators, you're still on the gravy train.
I'm surprised there's no crystal gravy on that turkey leg.
The mash on top was really creamy and the mince was in lovely gravy.
I take what I can get, but it sucks to see half-assed admins getting the gravy.
With one stroke, she can identify who really cares about Yahoo's mission and who is just along for the free gravy train.
Quote examples
Next up sue the power company who's electricity facilitated and enabled copyright infringement... the land holder who harboured copyright infringes... then the local government who provided services to copyright infringer's... then the state government who knowingly collected revenue and who who turned a blind eye to the actions of local government thereby facilitating copyright infringement... all the way up to the federal government who can sue itself ensuring that this lucrative little enterprise of the copyright legal mafia stays on the taxpayer funded gravy train... protecting American jobs!
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use gravy in a sentence?
AT&T is warning them the gravy train stops when they let in Google.
What does gravy mean?
a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
What part of speech is gravy?
gravy is commonly used as noun.