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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of goulash1

1865–70; < Hungarian gulyás, short for gulyáshús herdsman's meat
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Word History and Origins

Origin of goulash1

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

Within a year, he said “Boys, it works so effortlessly” to the team, and asked his wife for a nice supper of “Goulash soup and sweet pea soup” in his feeding tube.

New to the menu is salmon goulash, based on a recipe Tedla’s mother made for her father, who grew up in Italy.

Europe is known for its network of high-alpine huts, where you hike from lodge to lodge and eat dishes like goulash and spaetzle before retiring for the night in plush accommodations and then hiking on to the next hut the following day.

Veselka layered its latke with pork goulash, and Toloache added beef short rib chorizo.

The onus is on one man to hold this wacky goulash of punditry together: Mike Tirico.

The man who holds ABC/ESPN's wacky goulash of World Cup punditry together strikes viewers as a paragon of congeniality.

As he hesitated, the goulash upon the dish before him, Linke smiled.

As we drove into the great square at Goldap, a "goulash cannon," one of the German field kitchens, was smoking.

It is best to cook the Goulash at latter stage in a fireproof earthenware stewpan, in which it should be sent to table.

This is on the style of Hungarian potato and other succulent dumplings and may be served with goulash or as a meal in itself.

The Gypsies were gathered about the fire for their evening meal, and the scent of goulash came from the kettle.

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