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Rog¹

  • /ɹɒd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -ɒdʒ

Where it comes from

Shortening.

proper noun Rodge

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Roger.

Rog²

Where it comes from

Two possible origins:

* Borrowed from Polish Róg, a metonymic occupational surname for a horn blower, from róg (“horn”).

* Borrowed from Dutch Rog, a topographic or habitational surname from rog (“ray”).

proper noun Rogs

  1. A surname.

rog³

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English roggen, ruggen, variation of rokken (“to rock”), from Old English roccian.

verb rogs · rogging · rogged

  1. obsolete, transitive To shake.

rog⁴

noun

  1. slang, uncountable Intoxication through freebasing.

rog⁵

Where it comes from

Clipping of interrogatory.

noun rogs

  1. countable, informal, uncountable Synonym of interrogatory.

    Similar: interrogatory

rog⁶

  • /ɹɒdʒ/ UK
  • /ɹɑdʒ/ US

Rhymes with -ɒdʒ

Where it comes from

Clipping of roger.

interjection

  1. Synonym of roger.

    Similar: roger

rog⁷

noun rogs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of ROG (“receipt of goods”).

ROG⁸

noun ROGs

  1. abbreviation, initialism, uncountable Initialism of reactive organic gases
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism Initialism of receipt of goods

proper noun

  1. abbreviation Abbreviation of Rail Operations Group

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@misc{rog_2026,
  title = {rog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}