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
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a goulash of facts and figures
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Near the border with Hungary, goulash and other dishes are heavy with paprika.
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Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
It’s got real deal European feel, with live entertainment, dozens of vendors, food and drink in wooden huts throughout the park, lots of goulash and sausage and pretzels and beer, with a mix of local and European craft vendors.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
The menu looked innocuous enough to me: schnitzel, goulash, roasted pork tenderloin, and duck confit served with red cabbage and dumplings.
—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
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Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
It’s got real deal European feel, with live entertainment, dozens of vendors, food and drink in wooden huts throughout the park, lots of goulash and sausage and pretzels and beer, with a mix of local and European craft vendors.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
The menu looked innocuous enough to me: schnitzel, goulash, roasted pork tenderloin, and duck confit served with red cabbage and dumplings.
—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
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“Goulash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goulash. Accessed 22 Dec. 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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