kishke

or kish·ka

[ kish-kuh ]

noun

1. Also called stuffed der·ma [stuhft, , dur, -m, uh]. Jewish Cooking. a beef or fowl intestine stuffed with a mixture, as of flour, fat, onion, and seasonings, and roasted.
2. kishkes, Slang. the innermost parts; guts.

kishke

/ ˈkɪʃkə /

noun

1. a beef or fowl intestine or skin stuffed with flour, onion, etc, and boiled and roasted

Word History and Origins

Origin of kishke¹

1935–40; < Yiddish < Slavic; compare Polish kiszka sausage

Word History and Origins

Origin of kishke¹

Yiddish: gut, probably from Russian kishka

Example Sentences

She would make kishke in mushroom sauce, and corned beef with mustard.

From Washington Post

And plant-based sausages remind me of kishke, a traditional Jewish and Eastern European sausage made with beef and bread or grains, in a very good way.

From New York Times

“He and I are the same piece of kishke, as my grandmother used to say.”

From The New Yorker

“He led from his kishkes,” said Gary Rosenblatt, editor and publisher of The Jewish Week newspaper, using the Yiddish word for guts.

From New York Times

Evidence can unmask ignorance; analysis can debunk deception; and sometimes a pun or a snort can kick a candidate or a correspondent in the kishkes.

From Salon