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bestest

bestest adjective: best; the best of the best. Also the second-person singular simple present indicative of best.

bestest: best; the best of the best
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Adjective

bestest

  1. (childish, humorous, informal, nonstandard) Best; the best of the best.
    • It was the bestest teddy I ever had.
    • You're my bestest friend in the whole world!

Adverb

bestest

  1. (childish, humorous, informal, nonstandard) Best; the best of the best.
    • It's my first time behind the wheel, but I'll do the bestest I can do!

Also used as

bestest is also the second-person singular simple present indicative of best.

Examples of bestest in a sentence

  • Tarnally dog gone my shins if this beent the bestest puttiest longbreak yet.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]...
  • I'm in his favorite sundress, watching me get undressed / Take that body downtown / I say, "You da bestest," lean in for a big kiss2011, Lana Del Rey, Justin Parker, “Video Games”:
  • It had been the very bestest of bigly weekends.2025 July 28, John Crace, “Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act”, in The...

Origin of bestest

From best + -est.

Words formed from bestest

Questions about bestest

What does bestest mean?
Bestest means best; the best of the best.
How do you use bestest in a sentence?
Tarnally dog gone my shins if this beent the bestest puttiest longbreak yet.
What part of speech is bestest?
Bestest can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near bestest in the dictionary

  1. bestepping
  2. besteps
  3. bester
  4. besters
  5. Bestes
  6. bestest
  7. bestestest
  8. besteth
  9. bestetsoned
  10. bestfriend
  11. bestfriends

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