roger
verb
- to communicate receipt of message
interjection
- indicates acknowledgment
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/ / /ˈɹɑd͡ʒɚ/ / /ˈɹɒd͡ʒ.ə/ / /ˈɹɑ.d͡ʒɚ/ / [ˈroː.dʒɐ]
intj
Etymology: 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" was in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.
- Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)
“Pilot: CESSNA TWO THREE FOUR—ROGER—OUT.”
name
Etymology: From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.
- 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.”
“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.”
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- The Devil; Satan.
- Jolly Roger (pirate flag)
“The escaped convicts who had captured the Arrow even ran up the “Roger,” the black flag with the white skull […]”
noun
Etymology: From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.
- radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
verb
Etymology: Possibly from Old High German Hrotger via Shelta roger.
- Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.
- To have sexual intercourse.
“Should not a Half-pay Officer roger for sixpence?”