roger

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɒdʒə/
• (General American) enPR: rŏjʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑdʒɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒdʒə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: rog‧er

From Roger, used circa 1940 in UK and US military communication to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in received, used to acknowledge understanding a message. "ROGER" for "received" in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.

roger

1. (radio telecommunications) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)

   1950: "Pilot: CESSNA TWO THREE FOUR—ROGER—OUT." Flying Magazine, May 1950, p. 46.

• roger that

• ack
• over
• over and out
• ten-four
• wilco

Possibly from Old High German Hrotger via Shelta roger.

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

1. (transitive, vulgar slang) Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.
2. (intransitive, vulgar slang) To have sexual intercourse.

• See also Thesaurus:copulate

• rogering

• Reorg., gorer, reorg

roger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of rogō

roger

1. To copulate.