roger
/ˈrɑdʒər/
interjection
- Used in radio communications to mean 'message received and understood'.
- The dispatcher said, 'Roger, we have your location and help is on the way.'
- 'Roger that,' the soldier said into his radio after hearing the order.
- The pilot replied, 'Roger, control. We are descending now.'
Synonyms
verb
- To have sex with someone. (Note: This sense is vulgar and not appropriate for all audiences; included here because it is a common meaning of the verb form.)
- He bragged that he had rogered half the village, which was considered crude talk.
- The novel contained a scene where one character rogered another.
- In old slang, to roger someone meant to have sexual intercourse.
noun
- A code word for the letter R, used in radio communications.
- The operator spelled out the call sign: 'Romeo, Oscar, Golf, Echo, Roger.'
- In the phonetic alphabet, 'roger' stands for the letter R.
- When spelling names over the radio, they use 'roger' for R.