pirate lingo vocabulary for pirates. pirate phrases ahoy, me hearties! - the same as saying...

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• Ahoy, me Hearties! - the same as saying "Hello, my friends!"

• Aye - yes• Batten down the hatches - put

everything away on the ship because a storm is brewing

• Ahoy, me Hearties! - the same as saying "Hello, my friends!"

• Aye - yes• Batten down the hatches - put

everything away on the ship because a storm is brewing


• Blow the man down - command to kill someone

• Booty - treasure• Buccaneer - a pirate

• Blow the man down - command to kill someone

• Booty - treasure• Buccaneer - a pirate


• Cat O'Nine Tails - a whip with nine strands

• Crow's nest - small platform atop the mast where the lookout stands

• Cutlass - short heavy curved bladed sword used by pirates

• Cat O'Nine Tails - a whip with nine strands

• Crow's nest - small platform atop the mast where the lookout stands

• Cutlass - short heavy curved bladed sword used by pirates


• Davy Jones' Locker - the bottom of the ocean where Davy Jones brings pirates to die

• Dead men tell no tales - leave no survivors

• Doubloons - other coins or found in pirate hoards and stashes

• Davy Jones' Locker - the bottom of the ocean where Davy Jones brings pirates to die

• Dead men tell no tales - leave no survivors

• Doubloons - other coins or found in pirate hoards and stashes


• Hang 'im from the yardarm - punishment of those captured in battle

• Jolly Roger - pirate's flag including white skull and crossbones over a black field

• Keelhaul - punishment in which a person where dragged underneath the pirate ship

• Hang 'im from the yardarm - punishment of those captured in battle

• Jolly Roger - pirate's flag including white skull and crossbones over a black field

• Keelhaul - punishment in which a person where dragged underneath the pirate ship


• Lad, lass, lassie - a younger person• Landlubber - big, slow clumsy

person who doesn't know how to sail• Man-O-War - pirate's ship outfitted for

battle

• Lad, lass, lassie - a younger person• Landlubber - big, slow clumsy

person who doesn't know how to sail• Man-O-War - pirate's ship outfitted for

battle


• Pieces of eight - coins or found in pirate stashes

• Pillage - rob, sack or plunder• Rum - pirate's traditional alcoholic

beverage

• Pieces of eight - coins or found in pirate stashes

• Pillage - rob, sack or plunder• Rum - pirate's traditional alcoholic

beverage


• Savvy? - do you understand and do you agree?

• Scurvy dog - the pirate is talking directly to you with mild insult

• Seadog - old pirate or sailor• Shiver me timbers! - comparable to

“Oh My!"

• Savvy? - do you understand and do you agree?

• Scurvy dog - the pirate is talking directly to you with mild insult

• Seadog - old pirate or sailor• Shiver me timbers! - comparable to

“Oh My!"


• Swab- insult to someone, meaning weak and not to be feared.

• Walk the plank - punishment in which person walks off a board jutting over the side of the ship while at sea. The consequence is drowning and a visit to Davy Jones' Locker.

• Swab- insult to someone, meaning weak and not to be feared.

• Walk the plank - punishment in which person walks off a board jutting over the side of the ship while at sea. The consequence is drowning and a visit to Davy Jones' Locker.

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