bupkes
Look at other dictionaries:
bupkes — or bupkus variant of bubkes … New Collegiate Dictionary
bupkes — n American a. an insignificant amount or trivial matter b. nothing or none The words are a borrowing from Yiddish, which adopted them from the Russian for beans , a term widely used colloquially (in expressions such as not worth a hill/row of… … Contemporary slang
bubkes — also bupkes or bupkus noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: Yiddish (probably short for kozebubkes, literally, goat droppings), plural of bubke, bobke, diminutive of bub, bob bean, of Slavic origin; akin to Polish bób bean Date:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
bupkus — I. noun plural but singular in construction see bubkes II. see bupkes … New Collegiate Dictionary
List of English words of Yiddish origin — For Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews (that are not necessarily English), see Yiddish words used by English speaking Jews. This is a list of English words of Yiddish origin, many of which have entered the English language by way of… … Wikipedia
bubkes — n American See bupkes … Contemporary slang
