goulash

American  

[goo-lahsh, -lash] / ˈgu lɑʃ, -læʃ /

noun

1. Also called Hungarian goulash.  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.

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goulash British  

/ ˈɡuːlæʃ /

noun

1. Also called: Hungarian 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

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Etymology

Origin of goulash

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

Example Sentences

Mr. Jukic is right that the goulash of the old Central Europe is gone forever.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Too much goulash, I expect. They went to lie down. Nothing to be concerned about.”

From Literature

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

From New York Times

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

From New York Times

“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.

From New York Times