shin·gle 1 (sh ĭng g əl)
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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).]
shingler n. |