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roger

ROJ-er/ˈɹɑd͡ʒɚ/UKROJ-uh/ˈɹɒd͡ʒə/

Verbrogers, rogering, rogered

Noun pluralrogers

5 meanings of roger

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  1. 1
    confirm a messageinterjection
    Said over a radio to show that you got a message and understood it.

    “Come back to the camp now,” said the voice on the radio. “Roger,” Sam answered.

    “Roger, we're on our way,” the captain said into the radio.

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  2. 2
    confirm a messageverbtransitive
    To answer a radio message by saying “roger” to show you got it.

    The pilot rogered the new instructions and turned left.

    Please roger my last message so I know you heard it.

    Similaracknowledge

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  3. 3
    have sexverbslangvulgarUKtransitive
    To have sex with someone, said of a man, often in a rough way.

    In the rude comedy, the husband comes home early and finds the neighbor rogering his wife.

    His mates joked that he had only gone on holiday to roger someone.

    Similarshag, screw, bonk

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  4. 4
    have sexverbslangvulgarUKintransitive
    To have sex.

    The walls of the hotel were so thin that we could hear the couple next door rogering.

    His friend joked that the newlyweds would roger all weekend and never leave the flat.

    Similarshag, bonk, screw

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  5. 5
    sex actnounslangvulgarUKcountable
    An act of having sex.

    He told his mates he'd had a roger after the party.

    With a new baby at home, a roger was the last thing on their minds.

    Similarshag, bonk, screw

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Origins

Meanings 1–2

From the name Roger, which the military used to say the letter R when spelling words. R stood for “received”, meaning “I got your message”.

Meanings 3–5

Possibly from Old High German Hrotger, through Shelta.