Some vocabulary connected to the topic of pirates

1. Pirate Lingo
Vocabulary For Pirates

2. Pirate Phrases
• 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

3. Pirate Phrases
• Blow the man down - command to
kill someone
• Booty - treasure
• Buccaneer - a pirate

4. Pirate Phrases
• 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

5. Pirate Phrases
• 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

6. Pirate Phrases
• 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

7. Pirate Phrases
• 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

8. Pirate Phrases
• Pieces of eight - coins or found in
pirate stashes
• Pillage - rob, sack or plunder
• Rum - pirate's traditional alcoholic
beverage

9. Pirate Phrases
• 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!"

10. Pirate Phrases
• 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.