goulash

[goo-lahsh, -lash]

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.

goulash

/ 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

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

It contained comical descriptions of life in Witherslack, as well as a tasty-sounding recipe for Hungarian goulash that called for vast amounts of paprika.

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The result is a legal goulash in which supposedly fundamental human rights are made to contradict one another—a state of affairs that can only create a disordered, profoundly illiberal society.

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Though his “18 utterances” are plainly Judeo-Christian-Islamic goulash borrowing from the Ten Commandments and beyond, they seem largely benign.

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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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