reg

Noun (1)

reg (plural regs)

1. (informal) A regular.
   • I've been going to that chat room for months, and I know most of the regs by now.
2. (informal) A regulation.
   • It makes me sad to see a prisoner complain about another prisoner not writing. His or her mailroom (or yours!) might have just tossed the letter; besides the rules and regs for prisoners writing each other are different in every state, and may change for no reason. Or, the rules may be ignored...1990 December 16, “Prisoners Writing Prisoners”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 18
3. registrar
4. registration
5. registry
6. register

Noun (2)

IPA/ɹɛɡ/

reg (countable and uncountable, plural regs)

1. A hard surface of rock fragments set in a sandy matrix, found in some hot deserts; regolith, stony desert.
   • As I say for half a mile round the fort it is rutted gravel. We call this sort of gravelly stuff reg.1988, Robert Irwin, The Mysteries of Algiers, Dedalus, published 1993, page 66

   Synonyms:

   hammada, serir, yardang, desert pavement

Proper noun capitalized: Reg

Reg

1. A diminutive of the male given name Reginald.