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keeshka

keeshka is the uncommon spelling of kishke.

Meaning of kishke

Noun

kishke (plural kishkes)

  1. A dish made from stuffed intestine.
    • Now what is cholent without "kishke"? Our mothers made kishke from the small intestine of a cow. They filled it with stuffing, spices and Shmaltz (chicken fats).2012, David H. Chanofsky, Burnt Offerings: A Rabbi's Memoir, iUniverse, page 118
    Synonyms:
    blood pudding, blood sausage, derma, stuffed derma, stuffed kishke
  2. (also, figuratively, in plural, informal, often) Intestines, guts.
    • Oy a broch! I was so worried! I knew something was wrong. In my kishkes, I could feel it!
    Synonyms:
    stomach, gut, guts

Forms of keeshka

pluralkeeshkas

Questions about keeshka

What is keeshka the uncommon spelling of?
Keeshka is the uncommon spelling of kishke.

Words near keeshka in the dictionary

  1. Keeseville
  2. Keesey
  3. Keeseys
  4. keesh
  5. Keesha
  6. keeshka
  7. keeshkas
  8. keeshond
  9. keeshonden
  10. keeshonds
  11. Keeshound

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Adapted from Wiktionary: keeshka (page history and authors); kishke (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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