Gravy
noun
A sauce made from the juices of cooked meat.
She poured some gravy on her mashed potatoes.
Often appears as...
- making gravy
- gravy boat
noun
Something beneficial gained without effort.
Selling the car was pure gravy since I never used it anyway.
Often appears as...
- pure gravy
- easy gravy
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
noun
In financial context, gravy means easy profit, above what is expected.
The fees are gravy for banks: earnings that come at little cost.
Often appears as...
- bank's gravy
- gravy profit
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A sauce made from the juices of cooked meat.
She poured some gravy on her mashed potatoes.
Often appears as...
- making gravy
- gravy boat
noun
Something beneficial gained without effort.
Selling the car was pure gravy since I never used it anyway.
Often appears as...
- pure gravy
- easy gravy
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
noun
In financial context, gravy means easy profit, above what is expected.
The fees are gravy for banks: earnings that come at little cost.
Often appears as...
- bank's gravy
- gravy profit
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Food Context
Gravy is usually discussed in the context of meals, especially traditional ones involving meat.
Thanksgiving dinner wouldn't be complete without turkey and gravy.
Pro Tip 2/3Family Gatherings
Mentioning gravy can evoke feelings of family and holiday meals.
I miss my grandmother's special chicken gravy at family reunions.
Pro Tip 3/3Homemade Quality
Homemade 'gravy' is generally seen as superior to store-bought variants.
Nothing beats homemade gravy with fresh herbs.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Context
Gravy is usually discussed in the context of meals, especially traditional ones involving meat.
Thanksgiving dinner wouldn't be complete without turkey and gravy.
Pro Tip 2/3Family Gatherings
Mentioning gravy can evoke feelings of family and holiday meals.
I miss my grandmother's special chicken gravy at family reunions.
Pro Tip 3/3Homemade Quality
Homemade 'gravy' is generally seen as superior to store-bought variants.
Nothing beats homemade gravy with fresh herbs.
Pro Tip 1/3Food Context
Gravy is usually discussed in the context of meals, especially traditional ones involving meat.
Thanksgiving dinner wouldn't be complete without turkey and gravy.
Pro Tip 2/3Family Gatherings
Mentioning gravy can evoke feelings of family and holiday meals.
I miss my grandmother's special chicken gravy at family reunions.
Pro Tip 3/3Homemade Quality
Homemade 'gravy' is generally seen as superior to store-bought variants.
Nothing beats homemade gravy with fresh herbs.
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Stealing Turtle Eggs Got...
of the eggs in the market and the authorities don't seem to be doing anything better so it's definitely double standards going on I asked the district attorney for environmental protection how this was possible el mercado de quachita representa para nosotros el Poco Rojo mess gravy que tenemos en el estado en demos que
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The surprising thing I...
I was going to sail around the world. So I did what I could in my life to get closer to that dream. Age 10, it was saving my school dinner money change. Every single day for eight years, I had mashed potato and baked beans, which cost 4p each, and gravy was free.
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Space Probe Cemetery PIPE...
it took a while for the scientists to convert those numbers into a picture used to chakras open up they took a big sheet of paper full of squares and started coloring in squares with a pencil in various shades of gravy to recreate the image so the first picture
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Adam Nicolson: The King...
great book is that the people who did this who made these translations were not tucked away in the ivory tower of the University in their gravy necks and their gold rimmed spectacles they were deeply involved with the world politics
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Peter Molyneux demos...
you can overhear a conversation that Milo's having with his parents. Milo's Oh, you've got gravy all over the floor. Milo's That carpet is brand new. So he's just spilled a plate of sausages on the floor, on the brand-new carpet.
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Couples Share the...
interracial day I just love kind of experiencing their culture even if we're around his mother and she's cooking a dish that he grew up eating biscuits and gravy I just fell in love with that so
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Tanya Berger-Wolf: How...
entry for the gravy zebra as well as for the conservation policy the endangered species management for kenya wildlife service artificial intelligence democratizes science it connects people
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Feeding the Elderly in...
might not be exactly what I want people not mind I want to sit down to the biscuits and gravy made out of water but ate a many of them you got to eat something if it weren't for the food
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Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
now scenic you want to know the difference between a gravies in a virtual zebra or there are totally different species so in Africa we get four species of zebra the plains zebra
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David Holt: The stories...
Well, we'll get married next Thanksgiving. I'll lay around; she'll make a living. She'll cook blackjacks, I'll cook gravy; we'll have chicken someday, maybe.
Video examples
Stealing Turtle Eggs Got...
of the eggs in the market and the authorities don't seem to be doing anything better so it's definitely double standards going on I asked the district attorney for environmental protection how this was possible el mercado de quachita representa para nosotros el Poco Rojo mess gravy que tenemos en el estado en demos que
Video examples
The surprising thing I...
I was going to sail around the world. So I did what I could in my life to get closer to that dream. Age 10, it was saving my school dinner money change. Every single day for eight years, I had mashed potato and baked beans, which cost 4p each, and gravy was free.
Video examples
Space Probe Cemetery PIPE...
it took a while for the scientists to convert those numbers into a picture used to chakras open up they took a big sheet of paper full of squares and started coloring in squares with a pencil in various shades of gravy to recreate the image so the first picture
Video examples
Adam Nicolson: The King...
great book is that the people who did this who made these translations were not tucked away in the ivory tower of the University in their gravy necks and their gold rimmed spectacles they were deeply involved with the world politics
Video examples
Peter Molyneux demos...
you can overhear a conversation that Milo's having with his parents. Milo's Oh, you've got gravy all over the floor. Milo's That carpet is brand new. So he's just spilled a plate of sausages on the floor, on the brand-new carpet.
Video examples
Couples Share the...
interracial day I just love kind of experiencing their culture even if we're around his mother and she's cooking a dish that he grew up eating biscuits and gravy I just fell in love with that so
Video examples
Tanya Berger-Wolf: How...
entry for the gravy zebra as well as for the conservation policy the endangered species management for kenya wildlife service artificial intelligence democratizes science it connects people
Video examples
Feeding the Elderly in...
might not be exactly what I want people not mind I want to sit down to the biscuits and gravy made out of water but ate a many of them you got to eat something if it weren't for the food
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 12 PIPE...
now scenic you want to know the difference between a gravies in a virtual zebra or there are totally different species so in Africa we get four species of zebra the plains zebra
Video examples
David Holt: The stories...
Well, we'll get married next Thanksgiving. I'll lay around; she'll make a living. She'll cook blackjacks, I'll cook gravy; we'll have chicken someday, maybe.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jamie Vardy
English Athlete
Just as I am working hard to adjust to a new level, someone comes along and asks me to move up again. I'm not complaining about it; I just get on with trying to make sure I don't let anyone down. Training with England is just a different gravy again. Movement-wise, finishing-wise, you can learn such a lot from watching the very best in action.
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Edward Ruscha
American Artist
The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists. But there was never any notion that you could make a living out of art. On the rare occasions you had a gallery show, and sold a little work, well, that was just gravy.
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John Torode
Australian Chef
My grandmother would let me stand on a stool stirring gravy in a large roasting dish in front of a wood-fired stove at the age of six. She wasn't worried about the whole health and safety stuff.
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Hunx
American Musician
Gravy Train!!!! damaged me because I don't think I will ever again experience something so intense and exciting. We were so young and pent up - and didn't care about anything else in the world.
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Kate Moss
English Model
I can do a good roast with my eyes closed. I'm amazing with gravy. That's my speciality; even other people ask me to do gravy at their house. I'm very proud of my gravy.
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Nick Offerman
American Actor
Meat is a big deal in my life. I do love breakfast food, but I don't think that's extraordinary. I'm a normal American. We love eggs and meat and potatoes and gravy.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
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Sydney Smith
English Clergyman
Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort.
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John Stockton
American Athlete
I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.
Quote examples
Jamie Vardy
English Athlete
Just as I am working hard to adjust to a new level, someone comes along and asks me to move up again. I'm not complaining about it; I just get on with trying to make sure I don't let anyone down. Training with England is just a different gravy again. Movement-wise, finishing-wise, you can learn such a lot from watching the very best in action.
Quote examples
Edward Ruscha
American Artist
The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists. But there was never any notion that you could make a living out of art. On the rare occasions you had a gallery show, and sold a little work, well, that was just gravy.
Quote examples
John Torode
Australian Chef
My grandmother would let me stand on a stool stirring gravy in a large roasting dish in front of a wood-fired stove at the age of six. She wasn't worried about the whole health and safety stuff.
Quote examples
Hunx
American Musician
Gravy Train!!!! damaged me because I don't think I will ever again experience something so intense and exciting. We were so young and pent up - and didn't care about anything else in the world.
Quote examples
Kate Moss
English Model
I can do a good roast with my eyes closed. I'm amazing with gravy. That's my speciality; even other people ask me to do gravy at their house. I'm very proud of my gravy.
Quote examples
Nick Offerman
American Actor
Meat is a big deal in my life. I do love breakfast food, but I don't think that's extraordinary. I'm a normal American. We love eggs and meat and potatoes and gravy.
Quote examples
Bette Davis
American Actress
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
Quote examples
Sydney Smith
English Clergyman
Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.
Quote examples
Dolly Parton
American Singer
Every single diet I ever fell off of was because of potatoes and gravy of some sort.
Quote examples
John Stockton
American Athlete
I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.
Example 1 of 10
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