roger
How to Use Roger
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA radio-communication word meaning "message received and understood".
Mostly used in military, aviation, and CB-radio contexts; in general speech people often say it jokingly to mean simply "okay, got it".
Word Forms
rogered past tense, rogered past tense, rogers plural, Rogers plural, rogers singular, rogers singular
Fill the Gap
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"Return to base immediately." "_____ that."
Etymology
From the male name Roger, used from around the 1940s in military radio code as the word for the letter R — standing for "received".