roger
roger Lexical Profile
roger Game Scores & Validity
• interjection
Used in radio communications and informal speech to indicate that a message has been received and understood, or to express agreement.
""Maintain your current altitude until you clear the ridge," the controller radioed. "Roger," the pilot replied."
• noun
An acknowledgment in radio communication that a message has been received and understood.
"The dispatch officer waited for a quick roger from the ground crew before logging the update."
• verb
To acknowledge receipt and understanding of a radio transmission or message by saying "roger."
"The flight engineer rogered the final pre-flight checklist over the intercom."
British To have sexual intercourse with someone (slang, vulgar).
"In classic 18th-century bawdy novels, the word was frequently used as a slang verb for sexual relations."
Word Nuance & Usage
In standard radiotelephony, 'roger' strictly indicates that a transmission has been received and understood, whereas 'wilco' ('will comply') indicates that the instructions will be carried out.
• Rhymes for roger
Word Origin & Etymology
The communications sense originated around 1941 from 'Roger', the code word formerly used for the letter 'R' in the Allied military phonetic alphabet (later replaced by 'Romeo'), standing for 'received'.