1. intestines or guts, especially of an animal used as food
Usage: Yiddish origin; informal
2. one’s innermost feelings or emotional core
Usage: Yiddish origin; informal; figurative

Examples

• The butcher prepared the kishkes for the traditional sausage.
• My grandmother stuffed the kishkes with rice and spices.
• That movie really got to my kishkes.
• The sad story touched her kishkes deeply.
• He felt it in his kishkes that something was wrong.
• The deli served kishkes as part of their traditional platter.