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

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Snaps from the celebrations showed the reality star alongside her friends, including her bestie Malika Haqq, 42, and sisters Kim Kardashian, 44, and Kourtney Kardashian Barker, 46, as well as their mom Kris Jenner, 69. Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025 The childhood besties wrote the song roughly four years ago in Abrams’ basement as a joke. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 9 Sep. 2025 The 92-year-old actor, who retired from Hollywood in 2023, is making his return to the silver screen alongside his bestie Vin Diesel in a forthcoming sequel to their 2015 fantasy film, The Last Witch Hunter. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025 The post included a slideshow of images, ranging from Blessit when she was surrendered in a cardboard box, to being bottle fed, and now at the age of 4 playing with her besties. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bestie

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First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

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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 14 Sep. 2025.

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bestie

noun
best·​ie
ˈbe-stē
informal
: best friend
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