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piraty

piraty is the alternative form of piratey.

Meaning of piratey

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

Forms of piraty

comparativemore piraty
superlativemost piraty

Questions about piraty

What is piraty the alternative form of?
Piraty is the alternative form of piratey.

Words near piraty in the dictionary

  1. piratism
  2. piratize
  3. piratized
  4. piratizes
  5. piratizing
  6. piraty
  7. piraya
  8. pirayas
  9. pirazmonam
  10. pirazolac
  11. piraña

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