[kish-kuh] 
| 1. | Also called stuffed derma. Jewish Cookery. 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. |
| der·ma 2 (dûr'mə) n. Beef casing stuffed with a seasoned mixture of matzo meal or flour, onion, and suet, prepared by boiling, then roasting. Also called kishke, stuffed derma. [Possibly Yiddish gederem, intestines, from Middle High German darm, intestine, from Old High German; see terə-1 in Indo-European roots.] |
| kish·ke also kish·ka (kĭsh'kə) n. See derma2. [Yiddish, from Russian kishka, intestine; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.] |