Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - regular

~1 adj 1 »EQUAL SPACES« a regular series of things has the same amount of time or space between each thing and the next  (His breathing was slow and regular. | at regular intervals)  (Plant the seeds at regular intervals.) 2 »EVERY DAY« usually before noun happening or doing something many times and often at the same times every day, month, year etc  (I really miss the security of a regular pay cheque. | on a regular basis)  (It has always been our policy to review staff productivity on a regular basis. | regular as clockwork (=at exactly the same time every day, week etc))  (He phones us every Sunday at six, regular as clockwork.) 3 »OFTEN« only before noun happening or doing something very often  (regular customer/visitor)  (Old Joe is one of the bar's regular customers.) 4 »USUAL« only before noun normal or usual  (Driving the van was a change from his regular duties.) 5 »SHAPE« evenly shaped with parts or sides of equal size  (a regular hexagon | He had strong, regular teeth. | regular features (=an evenly shaped face)) 6 »NORMAL« only before noun especially AmE of a normal or standard size  (a regular coke) 7 »ORSINARY« especially AmE ordinary, without any special feature or qualities  (Regular teachers just don't have the training to deal with problem children.) 8 »FRIENDLY« AmE nice and friendly  (a regular guy) 9 be/keep regular informal a) to get rid of waste from your bowels often enough to be healthy b) a woman who is regular has her menstrual period at the same time each month 10 »GRAMMAR« technical a regular v or n changes its forms in the same way as most verbs or nouns; the verb `dance' is regular but `be' is not 11 »EMPHASIZING« only before noun informal used to emphasize what you think someone is like  (The child's so bossy - a regular little dictator!) 12 regular soldier/army/troops etc having a permanent job in the army - regularity n ~2 n 1 informal BrE a customer who goes to the same shop, bar etc very often  (The barman knows all the regulars by name.) 2 a soldier whose permanent job is in the army 3 AmE petrol that contains lead  (- compare unleaded)