roger

Interjection

1. (procedure word) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)
   • Pilot: CESSNA TWO THREE FOUR—ROGER—OUT.1950 May, Flying Magazine, page 46

   Synonyms:

   roger that

Verb (1)

roger (third-person singular simple present rogers, present participle rogering, simple past and past participle rogered)

1. (transitive) To acknowledge by saying "roger".
   • The Explorer radio operator rogered receipt of the War Room's signal.2011, Charles Ryan, Phoenix Strike

Verb (2)

roger (third-person singular simple present rogers, present participle rogering, simple past and past participle rogered)

1. (UK, slang, transitive, vulgar) Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.
2. (UK, intransitive, slang, vulgar) To have sexual intercourse.
   • Should not a Half-pay Officer roger for sixpence?1762, James Boswell, London Journal

   Synonyms:

   bone, bang

Noun (1)

roger (plural rogers)

1. (UK, slang, vulgar) An act of sexual intercourse.
   • ALAN: Lynn, if I have to put back my roger with Sonja one more time, I'll be fit to burst.2002, I'm Alan Partridge (series 2, episode 5)

Noun (2) capitalized: Roger

UK/ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/US/ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/

Roger

1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.

   Synonyms:

   Romeo

Proper noun capitalized: Roger

UK/ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/US/ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/

Roger (plural Rogers)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • By her I claim the kingdom: she was heir / To Roger, Earl of March, who was the son / Of Edmund Mortimer.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
   • Pringle didn't say anything about Roger always being called Hodge. He sensed that Mr. Liddon wouldn't call him Hodge any more than he would call him Pringle. He was right. "Parents well, are they, Peregrine?" - - -
   • Hodge capered about, his thumbs in his ears and his hand flapping. "Tweet, tweet, mad bird. His master chains him up like a dog. Tweet, tweet, birdie!" "I'd rather be a hunting falcon than Roger the lodger the sod," said Pringle.1985, Ruth Rendell, The New Girlfriend: The Fen Hall, pages 124, 127
2. (rare compared to given name) A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. (dialectal, obsolete) The Devil; Satan.
4. Jolly Roger (pirate flag)
   • The escaped convicts who had captured the Arrow even ran up the “Roger,” the black flag with the white skull […]1906, Bret Harte, Overland Monthly and the Out West Magazine, page 410