1. Vocabulary For Pirates
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.