shingle
1a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.
a woman's close-cropped haircut.
Informal. a small signboard, especially as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office.
to cover with shingles, as a roof.
to cut (hair) close to the head.
Idioms about shingle
hang out one's shingle, Informal. to establish a professional practice, especially in law or medicine; open an office.
have / be a shingle short, Australian Slang. to be mentally disturbed, mad, or eccentric.
Origin of shingle
1Other words from shingle
- shingler, noun
Words Nearby shingle
Other definitions for shingle (2 of 3)
small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
a beach, riverbank, or other area covered with such small pebbles or stones.
Origin of shingle
2Other definitions for shingle (3 of 3)
to hammer or squeeze (puddled iron) into a bloom or billet, eliminating as much slag as possible; knobble.
Origin of shingle
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How to use shingle in a sentence
That rate, set by Medicare, is similar to reimbursement fees for administering other vaccines, such as for the flu or shingles.
Grocery workers say they can’t get vaccines, even as they help distribute them | Abha Bhattarai | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostNow they have solar panels that integrate into the roof shingles or the tile on the roof, and you can hardly tell, you can hardly see it.
Toll Brothers CEO Doug Yearley on Where Americans Are Moving During the Pandemic | Eben Shapiro | January 10, 2021 | TimeTo make matters worse, the study found that follow-up vaccination rates for the shingles were much lower for certain groups.
What could happen if people skip the second dose of the COVID vaccine | dzanemorris | December 24, 2020 | FortuneMost obviously, while shingles can be extremely painful and even debilitating, it is rarely life-threatening.
What could happen if people skip the second dose of the COVID vaccine | dzanemorris | December 24, 2020 | FortuneExperts say the new coronavirus vaccine has similar side effects to the widely distributed shingles vaccine.
Health-care worker in Alaska has severe allergic reaction to coronavirus vaccine | Lena H. Sun, Joel Achenbach | December 16, 2020 | Washington Post
I could go to college and hang out a shingle and make $10,000 a year.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe shingle recently bid its co-founder and CEO James Schamus adieu, replacing him with FilmDistrict CEO Peter Schlessel.
With Charlie Hunnam Out, Who Will Play Christian Grey in ‘Fifty Shades of Grey?’ | Marlow Stern | October 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPundits put out a shingle with a new website and go around asking the usual suspects for money to get them up and running.
Partisan Journalists Are Following the Money All Too Literally | John Avlon | November 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThey accepted, and re-released their debut in 2010 on Interscope shingle Cherrytree Records to critical acclaim.
Die Antwoord, Raunchy Rap Duo, on New Album, Lisbeth Salander Offer | Marlow Stern | February 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSome of you may be departing the corporate world, going freelance, or hanging out an eponymous shingle.
Standing in the wet shingle, Maynard regarded the speckled atom as it lay in the palm of his hand.
Uncanny Tales | VariousHe is actually climbing the roof, to make sure every old, worn-out shingle is replaced by a new one.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondAt two o'clock she drew rein before a large brown shingle house on the highest point of Rosewater.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonScattergood Baines was not a man to shingle his roof before he built his foundations.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandThere were further red spots on the shingle, and they led forward in the direction in which the rescue party had gone.
The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for shingle (1 of 3)
/ (ˈʃɪŋɡəl) /
a thin rectangular tile, esp one made of wood, that is laid with others in overlapping rows to cover a roof or a wall
a woman's short-cropped hairstyle
US and Canadian a small signboard or nameplate fixed outside the office of a doctor, lawyer, etc
a shingle short Australian informal unintelligent or mentally subnormal
to cover (a roof or a wall) with shingles
to cut (the hair) in a short-cropped style
Origin of shingle
1Derived forms of shingle
- shingler, noun
British Dictionary definitions for shingle (2 of 3)
/ (ˈʃɪŋɡəl) /
coarse gravel, esp the pebbles found on beaches
a place or area strewn with shingle
Origin of shingle
2Derived forms of shingle
- shingly, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for shingle (3 of 3)
/ (ˈʃɪŋɡəl) /
(tr) metallurgy to hammer or squeeze the slag out of (iron) after puddling in the production of wrought iron
Origin of shingle
3Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with shingle
see hang out one's shingle.
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