different between roar vs roger

English

Etymology

From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English r?rian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-Germanic *rair?n? (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: rô, IPA^(key): /???/
• (General American) enPR: rôr, IPA^(key): /???/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: r?r, IPA^(key): /?o(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?o?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophone: raw (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

roar (third-person singular simple present roars, present participle roaring, simple past and past participle roared)

1. (intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

3. Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
   • {1590 Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene Bk 1, Canto VI, XXIV, lines 6&7}

     Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.

4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
   • How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.

5. (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
6. (transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
   • 1639, John Ford, The Lady's Trial

     This last action will roar thy infamy.
7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
   • 1724, Gilbert Burnet, History of My Own Time

     It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.

8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
9. (Britain Yorkshire, North Midlands, informal) to cry

Translations

Noun

roar (plural roars)

1. A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
2. The cry of the lion.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

     The Winkies were not a brave people, but they had to do as they were told. So they marched away until they came near to Dorothy. Then the Lion gave a great roar and sprang towards them, and the poor Winkies were so frightened that they ran back as fast as they could.

3. The deep cry of the bull.
4. A loud resounding noise.

   the roar of a motorbike

   • 1944, Ernie Pyle, Brave Men, University of Nebraska Press (2001), page 107:

     "Those lovely valleys and mountains were filled throughout the day and night with the roar of heavy shooting."

5. A show of strength or character.

Translations

Anagrams

• Raro, orra

Swedish

Verb

roar

1. present tense of roa.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???d??/
• (General American) enPR: r?j??r, IPA^(key): /???d??/
• Rhymes: -?d??(?)
• Hyphenation: rog?er

Etymology 1

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" in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.

Interjection

roger

1. (radio telecommunications) Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)

Synonyms

• roger that

Translations

See also

• ack
• over
• over and out
• ten-four
• wilco

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old High German Hrotger via Shelta roger.

Verb

roger (third-person singular simple present rogers, present participle rogering, simple past and past participle rogered) (Britain, vulgar slang)

1. (transitive) Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.
2. (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.

Synonyms

• (to have sexual intercourse with someone): bone, dick, knob; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
• (to have sexual intercourse): bang, do it, get some; see also Thesaurus:copulate

Derived terms

• rogering

Noun

roger (plural rogers) (Britain, vulgar slang)

1. An act of sexual intercourse.
   • 2002, I'm Alan Partridge (series 2, episode 5)

     ALAN: Lynn, if I have to put back my roger with Sonja one more time, I'll be fit to burst.

Anagrams

• Reorg., gorer, reorg

Latin

Verb

roger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of rog?

Shelta

Etymology

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Verb

roger

1. To copulate.