Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To acknowledge by saying "roger".

  2. (UK, slang, transitive, vulgar)Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.

  3. (UK, intransitive, slang, vulgar)To have sexual intercourse.

Examples

42 sentences
  1. Roger works from morning till night.

    Роджер працює з ранку до ночі.

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  2. Roger is a party animal.

    Роджер - тусовщик.

    ruРоджер обожает тусоваться.

    deRoger ist ein Party-Löwe.

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  3. Roger works from dawn to dusk.

    Роджер працює з ранку до ночі.

    ruРоджер работает от рассвета до заката.

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  4. I like Roger Federer. What tennis player do you like?

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  5. Roger left the farm when he was still very young.

    deRoger verließ den Bauernhof als er noch sehr jung war.

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Origin

From Roger, used circa 1940 in UK and US military communication to represent "R" when spel

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.

Possibly from Old High German Hrotger via Shelta roger.

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Forms

rogers, rogering, rogered, rogered
Base formroger · to roger
3rd person singularrogers
Present participlerogering
Past simplerogered
Past participlerogered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyroger
he, she, itrogers

Past simpleLesson

all personsrogered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rogered
he, she, ithas rogered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill roger

Synonyms

6 synonyms
to have sexual intercourse with someone:boneA1
to have sexual intercourse:bangB1

Word family

1 related words
Derivedrogering

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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