bub·kes
noun plural but singular in construction
: the least amount : beans <won't win bubkes this year — Ivan Maisel>; also : nothing <received bubkes for their efforts>
Examples
she always eats out and proudly admits that she doesn't know bubkes about cooking
Variants: also bup·kes or bup·kus \ˈbəp-kəs, ˈbu̇p-\
Origin: 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.
First use: 1937
Synonyms: beans, jot (also bupkes or bupkus), continental, damn, darn (also durn), diddly [slang], diddly-squat [slang], doodley-squat (or doodly-squat), fig, ghost, hoot, iota, lick, modicum, rap, squat [slang], syllable, tittle, whit, whoop