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piratey

piratey adjective: synonym of piratelike.

Adjective

piratey (comparative more piratey, superlative most piratey)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of piratelike.
    • Armed with shovels, gloves and headlamps, the team followed their map to the dig site. The vibe was “very piratey,” Dr. Weber said. Dr. Telewski set to digging a neat, squared-off hole.2021 April 21, Cara Giaimo, “One of the World’s Oldest Science Experiments Comes Up From the Dirt”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2021
    Synonyms:
    piratelike

Synonyms of piratey

Forms of piratey

comparativemore piratey
superlativemost piratey
alternative formpiraty

Origin of piratey

From pirate + -y.

Questions about piratey

What does piratey mean?
Piratey means synonym of piratelike.
What part of speech is piratey?
Piratey is an adjective.

Words near piratey in the dictionary

  1. pirateship
  2. pirateships
  3. piratess
  4. piratesses
  5. pirateware
  6. piratey
  7. piratic
  8. piratical
  9. piratically
  10. pirating
  11. piratings

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