1. a Hungarian stew made with meat, vegetables, and paprika
2. a mixture of different things; a hodgepodge
Usage: informal

Examples

• My grandmother makes the best beef goulash in the neighborhood.
• The restaurant serves traditional Hungarian goulash with fresh bread.
• She added extra paprika to give the goulash more flavor.
• The leftover goulash tasted even better the next day.
• His essay was a goulash of unrelated ideas and topics.
• The new policy is a goulash of old rules and recent changes.