1
: a stew made with meat (such as beef), assorted vegetables, and paprika
2
: a round in bridge played with hands produced by a redistribution of previously dealt cards
3
: a mixture of heterogeneous elements : jumble
Examples of goulash in a Sentence
a goulash of facts and figures
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The menu looked innocuous enough to me: schnitzel, goulash, roasted pork tenderloin, and duck confit served with red cabbage and dumplings.
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David Farley, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2024
To complicate Trentino's identity crisis, during that war, thousands of Trentino women and children were forcibly displaced to Bohemia (in what is now the Czech Republic) and this influence can still be seen in the presence of goulash on local restaurant menus.
—Vicki Power, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
One of the dishes that came to mind was goulash, which his family enjoys.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
Last January, members of his coalition announced their plans to undermine the judiciary and effectively transform Israel into a hi-tech version of Hungary, an illiberal goulash democracy.
—Lloyd Green, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2024
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David Farley, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2024
To complicate Trentino's identity crisis, during that war, thousands of Trentino women and children were forcibly displaced to Bohemia (in what is now the Czech Republic) and this influence can still be seen in the presence of goulash on local restaurant menus.
—Vicki Power, theweek, 13 Aug. 2024
One of the dishes that came to mind was goulash, which his family enjoys.
—Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2024
Last January, members of his coalition announced their plans to undermine the judiciary and effectively transform Israel into a hi-tech version of Hungary, an illiberal goulash democracy.
—Lloyd Green, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2024
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goulash
noun
gou·lash
ˈgü-ˌläsh 
-ˌlash
: a stew made with meat (as beef), vegetables, and paprika
Etymology
from Hungarian gulyás, short for gulyáshús, literally, "herdsman's meat"
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