n.
(pl. gravies)
- the fat and juices exuding from meat during cooking.
▸a sauce made from these juices together with stock and other ingredients.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. unearned or unexpected money.
Phrase
- gravy train
informal a situation in which someone can easily make a lot of money.
Etymology
ME: perh. from a misreading (as gravé) of OFr. grané, prob. from grain ‘spice’, from L. granum ‘grain’.
