roger

B2 · Upper Intermediate Technical

v. to say 'roger' to someone to show you understand them.

v. to acknowledge a message or instruction by using the term 'roger'.

“The captain rogered the instructions and adjusted the ship's course.”

“After the dispatcher rogered the emergency call, backup units were immediately diverted to the scene.”

C2 · Proficiency British English · Slang · Vulgar

v. a very rude and old-fashioned British word for having sex.

v. to engage in sexual intercourse. The term is highly informal and carries a coarse, aggressive, or vulgar connotation.

“He made a crude joke about rogering someone he met at the pub.”

“The character in the bawdy eighteenth-century novel was frequently described as rogering his way across the countryside.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Technical · Archaic

n. the word used for the letter 'R' when spelling things out over a radio.

n. the phonetic code word for the letter 'R' in older radiotelephony alphabets, now largely replaced by 'Romeo'.

“In the old code, the initials were 'Roger' and 'Sugar'.”

“The veteran operator still used 'Roger' for 'R' out of habit, despite the adoption of the modern NATO phonetic alphabet.”