kishkes
Jewish beef sausage
Kishkes is a Yiddish word for intestines or guts, used both literally and figuratively in English.
The literal sense refers to beef intestines stuffed with filling—a traditional Jewish dish.
More commonly, kishkes means the gut as the seat of deep feeling: I felt it in my kishkes.
The word conveys visceral, instinctive response.
Entrails or boldness
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- visceraAbdominal organs collectively
- entrailsInternal digestive organs
- bowelsLower digestive organs
innards · offal · belly · stomach · insides · digestive · abdominal · colon
Skin tissue layer
- casingEnclosing cover or frame
- stuffingSeasoned mixture for cavities
- fillingMaterial placed within
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
matzo meal · onion · schmaltz · sausage · boudin · forcemeat
guts
Entrails or boldness
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- visceraAbdominal organs collectively
- entrailsInternal digestive organs
bowels · innards · offal · belly · stomach · insides · digestive · abdominal · colon · tripe
derma
Skin tissue layer
farce · matzo meal · onion · schmaltz · sausage · boudin · forcemeat
gefilte
Filled, in Yiddish
tzimmes · latkes · blintz · schmaltz · challah · pastrami · borscht · matzo · lox · bagel
gut feeling
Instinctive sense about something
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- emotionComplex psychological state
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
deep-seated · innermost · primal · raw · heartfelt · soulful · core · essence