gravy

Meanings

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)

Synonyms

bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, manna from heaven, pan gravy, windfall