bestie

noun

best·​ie ˈbe-stē How to pronounce bestie (audio)
informal
: best friend
The holiday was a present from my bestie to celebrate my 32nd birthday …Helena McAlpine

Examples of bestie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While collaborating with author Paul (Alexander Vlahos), Maddie develops a crush, and then is crushed when Paul falls for and proposes to one of her besties, Emma (Elizabeth Tan). Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024 What happened to love thy neighbor and all that? Rick Ross and Tyreek Hill are not exactly besties right now after a raging house fire at the Miami Dolphins player’s house Jan. 3 at Landmark Ranch Estates near Davie. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024 In the show, both pairs of besties were asked a series of two-choice questions to test their compatibility in making the same choices. Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024 Does this mean Wes Moore and John Angelos aren’t besties anymore? Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024 Swift arrived with a squad of besties: Actress Blake Lively wore a red track suit with a white tank top and her hair in huge curls. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Feb. 2024 Taylor Swift certainly seems to be, as her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has only enriched her relationship with her army of besties. Emma Specter, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2024 Taylor Swift and Brittany Mahomes have seemingly become game-day besties. Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 14 Jan. 2024 The biggest difference between the movies and the latest project is that the latter picks up two decades earlier, in 1993, and finds Ted’s human bestie John Bennett not as a middle-aged man-child played by Mark Wahlberg but as a 16-year-old boy played by Max Burkholder. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bestie was in 1991

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“Bestie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bestie. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

bestie

noun
best·​ie
ˈbe-stē
: best friend
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