1
: 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
2
: a small signboard especially designating a professional office
—used chiefly in the phrase hang out one's shingle
3
: a woman's haircut with the hair trimmed short from the back of the head to the nape
shingled; shingling
ˈshiŋ-g(ə-)liŋ 
1
: to cover with or as if with shingles
2
: to bob and shape (the hair) in a shingle
3
: to lay out or arrange so as to overlap
1
: coarse rounded detritus or alluvial material especially on the seashore that differs from ordinary gravel only in the larger size of the stones
2
: a place strewn with shingle
Examples of shingle in a Sentence
Verb
a house shingled with cedar
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Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
The shingle aims to continue in the tradition of the filmmakers that inspired them back then and continue to inspire them now, bringing to life stories in which artistic integrity meets mass-audience appeal.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
These drives do not use shingled magnetic recording and have 10 platters.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Noun
On the exterior, the home features wood shake roofing / shingles.
—Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
The shingle aims to continue in the tradition of the filmmakers that inspired them back then and continue to inspire them now, bringing to life stories in which artistic integrity meets mass-audience appeal.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
Verb
However, shingling the recording tracks results in a slower write process once the HDDs has enough data on it that the drive needs to write over older data.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
These drives do not use shingled magnetic recording and have 10 platters.
—Thomas Coughlin, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shingle. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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shingle
1 of 2 noun
shin·gle
ˈshiŋ-gəl
1
: a small thin piece of building material for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building
2
: a small sign
3
: a woman's short haircut
shinglelike
adjective
-ˌlīk
shingle
2 of 2 verb
shingled; shingling
-g(ə-)liŋ
1
: to cover with or as if with shingles
2
: to cut and shape the hair in a shingle
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