noun
also gu·lash ˈgüˌläsh, -lash, -laa(ə)sh, -laish, -lȧsh
( -es )
Etymology: Hungarian gulyás herdsman, herdsman's stew
1.
a. : a beef stew with onion, paprika, and caraway — called also Hungarian goulash
b. : a stew of mixed ingredients
2.
a. : a method of dealing in bridge in which each player arranges his 13-card hand into suits, the hands are stacked to reconstitute the pack, and this pack unshuffled is then dealt to the four players in lots of 5, 5, and 3 cards at a time, the object being to produce unusually long suits in the players' hands — called also hollandaise, mayonnaise
b. : a deal of the cards in this manner
c. goulashes plural but singular in construction : a bridge game in which a goulash is dealt whenever the bidding of a regular deal stops short of a game contract
d. : two-handed pinochle played with a 64-card pack
3. : a mixture of heterogeneous elements : mishmash , medley , jumble
a sort of linguistic goulash … made of many ingredients — Charlton Laird