regular

Definition

  • noun: someone who goes somewhere very often
  • noun: one who is regular
  • adjective: happening over and over again at the same time or in the same way
  • adjective: belonging to a religious order
  • usually plural

Examples

  • The buses run from 4 a.m. to midnight 'at regular intervals'. [=there is the same amount of time between buses]

  • It's nothing special, just a 'regular' [='basic'] stereo. = It's just a 'regular old' stereo.

  • He is one of the store's 'regular customers'. [=customers who shop at the store frequently]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Well, Miss Scarlett, I see'd that old, no-count white-trash Wilkerson... ...that used to be Mr. Gerald's overseer here. He's a regular Yankee now, and he was makin' a brag... ...that his carpetbagger friends done run the taxes way up sky-high on Tara. But how much more have we got to pay? (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind
  • (..) You ain't very friendly, are you? You got anything else besides these earbobs? You Yankees have been here before. Regular little spitfire, ain't you? What have you got hidden in your hand? Scarlett, you killed him! I'm glad you killed him! Scarlett! Scarlett, what happened? (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind