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bubkes

bubkes is the alternative form of bupkis.

Meaning of bupkis

Noun

bupkis (uncountable)

  1. (US, slang) Absolutely nothing; nothing of value, significance, or substance.
    • We searched for hours and found bupkis.
    Synonyms:
    zilch

Questions about bubkes

What is bubkes the alternative form of?
Bubkes is the alternative form of bupkis.

Words near bubkes in the dictionary

  1. Bubi
  2. Bubier
  3. Bubiers
  4. bubinga
  5. bubingas
  6. bubkes
  7. bubkis
  8. bubkus
  9. bublik
  10. bubliki
  11. bubliks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bubkes (page history and authors); bupkis (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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