SHINGLE
shingle
Noun
- A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
- A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
- A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
Noun (etymology 2)
- A punitive strap such as a belt, as used for severe spanking
- Any paddle used for corporal punishment
Noun (etymology 3)
Verb
- To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
- To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.
Verb (etymology 2)
- To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy.
- To lash with a shingle.
- ''The imp's bottom was shingled black and blue
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