simple past tense and past participle of shingle

(transitive) To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles. / (transitive) To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.

Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.

A punitive strap such as a belt. / (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.

(pathology, informal) Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.

(transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy. / (transitive) To beat with a shingle.

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.

plural of shingle

The act of covering with shingles. / Shingles, collectively; a covering made of shingles.

present participle of shingle