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shingle
noun(shin-gle)
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
shingle
noun(shin-gle)
a small signboard especially designating a professional office —used chiefly in the phrase hang out one's shingle
shingle
noun(shin-gle)
a woman's haircut with the hair trimmed short from the back of the head to the nape
shingle
verb(shin-gle)
to cover with or as if with shingles
shingle
verb(shin-gle)
to bob and shape (the hair) in a shingle
shingle
verb(shin-gle)
to lay out or arrange so as to overlap
shingle
noun(shin-gle)
coarse rounded detritus or alluvial material especially on the seashore that differs from ordinary gravel only in the larger size of the stones
shingle
noun(shin-gle)
a place strewn with shingle
shingle
idiom(shin-gle)
to start one's own business especially as a doctor or lawyer

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