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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bur•goo (bûr′go̅o̅, bûr go̅o̅′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -goos for 2b.- Fooda thick oatmeal gruel, esp. as eaten by sailors.
- Food, Dialect Terms[Chiefly Kentucky and Tennessee.]
- a thick, highly seasoned soup or stew, usually made of chicken or small game and corn, tomatoes, and onions.
- a picnic or other gathering at which burgoo is served.
- Arabic burghul, burghūl cracked wheat (see bulgur), though immediate source is uncertain
- perh. ultimately 1735–45
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