(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.

(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.

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

plural of shingle

simple past tense and past participle of shingle

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

present participle of shingle