goulash

[ goo-lahsh, -lash ]

noun

1. Also called Hun·gar·i·an gou·lash [huhng-, gair, -ee-, uh, n , goo, -lahsh, -lash]. a stew of beef or veal and vegetables, with paprika and other seasoning.
2. a heterogeneous mixture; hodgepodge; jumble.
3. a deal in bridge for producing hands of unusual distribution, in which the players arrange their cards of the previous deal by suit and the dealer, after cutting the cards, distributes them without shuffling in three rounds of five, five, and three cards each.

goulash

/ ˈɡuːlæʃ /

noun

1. Also calledHungarian goulash a rich stew, originating in Hungary, made of beef, lamb, or veal highly seasoned with paprika
2. bridge a method of dealing in threes and fours without first shuffling the cards, to produce freak hands

Word History and Origins

Origin of goulash¹

1865–70; < Hungarian gulyás, short for gulyáshús herdsman's meat

Word History and Origins

Origin of goulash¹

C19: from Hungarian gulyás hus herdsman's meat, from gulya herd

Example Sentences

Other than nature walks and meals — there are 10 different menus, including a variety of goulashes — activities are fairly limited.

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I opted for goulash, as well as another schnitzel — pork this time — with potato salad.

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“He said, not really,” Zyma recalled last month, during a traditional Czech dinner in Prague with goulash, dumplings, pigs blood soup and large steins of foamy pilsner.

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“I think people would get really mad if we removed the goulash from our menu,” he said.

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To find out just how much geologic goulash can potentially come out of the volcano if it erupts, scientists applied a relatively new technique to a 20-year-old catalog of seismic data.

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