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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024shin•gle1 /ˈʃɪŋgəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -gled, -gling. n. [countable] - Buildinga thin, rectangular piece of wood, slate, etc., laid in rows that partly cover each other on the roofs and sides of buildings.
v. [~ + object] - Buildingto cover with shingles.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shin•gle1 (shing′gəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -gled, -gling. n. - Buildinga thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
- Clothinga woman's close-cropped haircut.
- Informal Termsa small signboard, esp. as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office.
- British Terms have or be a shingle short, [Australian Slang.]to be mentally disturbed, mad, or eccentric.
- Informal Terms hang out one's shingle, to establish a professional practice, esp. in law or medicine;
open an office.
v.t. - Buildingto cover with shingles, as a roof.
- Clothingto cut (hair) close to the head.
- Medieval Latin scindula lath, shingle (Middle English -g- apparently by association with another unidentified word), Latin scandula (Medieval Latin -i- perh. by association with Greek schíza lath, splinter, or related words)
- Middle English scincle, sc(h)ingle 1150–1200
- Rockssmall, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
- Geologya beach, riverbank, or other area covered with such small pebbles or stones.
- 1530–40; apparently variant of earlier chingle; compare Norwegian singel small stones
- Metallurgyto hammer or squeeze (puddled iron) into a bloom or billet, eliminating as much slag as possible;
knobble.
- German zängeln, derivative of Zange tongs
- French cingler to whip, beat
- 1665–75
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