noun
goulash
GOO-lash
noun
1
A hearty stew of beef, vegetables, and paprika, associated with Hungarian cooking.
"She served a rich beef goulash with crusty bread."
2
A confused mixture or jumble of things.
"The meeting turned into a goulash of half-finished ideas."
How to Use Goulash
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA paprika-flavoured meat stew, or loosely, any jumbled mixture of things.
Word Forms
goulashes plural
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Etymology
From Hungarian gulyás, short for gulyáshús, literally "herdsman's meat".