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shin·gle 1
(shĭng′gəl)n.
1. A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house or other building.
2. Informal A small signboard, as one indicating a professional office: After passing the bar exam, she hung out her shingle.
3. A woman's close-cropped haircut.
v.tr. shin·gled, shin·gling, shin·gles
1. To cover (a roof or building) with shingles.
2. To cut (hair) short and close to the head.
[Middle English, from Old English scindel, scingal, from Late Latin scindula, alteration of Latin scandula (influenced by scindere, to split).]
shin′gler n.
shin·gle 2
(shĭng′gəl)n.
1. Beach gravel consisting of large smooth pebbles.
2. A stretch of shore or beach covered with such gravel.
[Middle English.]
shin′gly adj.
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shingle
(ˈʃɪŋɡəl)n
1. (Building) a thin rectangular tile, esp one made of wood, that is laid with others in overlapping rows to cover a roof or a wall
2. (Hairdressing & Grooming) a woman's short-cropped hairstyle
3. US and Canadian a small signboard or nameplate fixed outside the office of a doctor, lawyer, etc
4. a shingle short informal Austral unintelligent or mentally subnormal
vb (tr)
5. (Building) to cover (a roof or a wall) with shingles
6. (Hairdressing & Grooming) to cut (the hair) in a short-cropped style
[C12 scingle, from Late Latin scindula a split piece of wood, from Latin scindere to split]
ˈshingler n
shingle
(ˈʃɪŋɡəl)n
1. (Geological Science) coarse gravel, esp the pebbles found on beaches
2. (Physical Geography) a place or area strewn with shingle
[C16: of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian singl pebbles, Frisian singel gravel]
ˈshingly adj
shingle
(ˈʃɪŋɡəl)vb
(Metallurgy) (tr) metallurgy to hammer or squeeze the slag out of (iron) after puddling in the production of wrought iron
[C17: from Old French dialect chingler to whip, from chingle belt, from Latin cingula girdle; see cingulum]
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shin•gle1
(ˈʃɪŋ gəl)n., v. -gled, -gling. n.
1. a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usu. oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
2. a woman's short hairstyle in which the hair is cropped close to the head from below the crown to the nape.
3. a small signboard, esp. as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office.
v.t. 4. to cover with shingles, as a roof.
5. to cut (hair) close to the head.
Idioms: hang out one's shingle, to establish a professional practice, esp. in law or medicine.
[1150–1200; < Medieval Latin scindula lath, shingle (Middle English -g- appar. by association with another unidentified word), Latin scandula]
shin′gler, n.
shin•gle2
(ˈʃɪŋ gəl)n.
1. small, waterworn stones or pebbles lying loose esp. on a beach.
2. a beach, riverbank, or other area covered with such small pebbles or stones.
[1530–40; appar. variant of earlier chingle; compare Norwegian singel small stones]
shin′gly, adj.
shin•gle3
(ˈʃɪŋ gəl)v.t. -gled, -gling.
to hammer or squeeze (puddled iron) into a bloom or billet, eliminating as much slag as possible.
[1665–75; < French cingler to whip, beat < German zängeln, derivative of Zange tongs]
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Shingle
pebbles collectively, 1598—Wilkes.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
shingle
Past participle: shingled
Gerund: shingling
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| Noun | 1. |  shingle - building material used as siding or roofingbuilding material - material used for constructing buildings |
| 2. | shingle - coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) crushed rock, gravel - rock fragments and pebbles | |
| 3. | shingle - a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor, e.g. | |
| Verb | 1. | shingle - cover with shingles; "shingle a roof" roof - provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof |
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shingle
(ˈʃingl) noun coarse gravel. There's too much shingle and not enough sand on this beach.guijarro
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