[shing-guh
l] 
noun, verb, -gled, -gling.| 1. | a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings. |
| 2. | a woman's close-cropped haircut. |
| 3. | Informal. a small signboard, esp. as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office. |
| 4. | to cover with shingles, as a roof. |
| 5. | to cut (hair) close to the head. |
| 6. | hang out one's shingle, Informal. to establish a professional practice, esp. in law or medicine; open an office. |
| 7. | have or be a shingle short, Australian Slang. to be mentally disturbed, mad, or eccentric. |
[shing-guhl] | 1. | small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach. |
| 2. | a beach, riverbank, or other area covered with such small pebbles or stones. |
[shing-guhl] | to hammer or squeeze (puddled iron) into a bloom or billet, eliminating as much slag as possible; knobble. |
| shin·gle 1 (shĭng'gəl) n.
[Middle English, from Old English scindel, scingal, from Late Latin scindula, alteration of Latin scandula (influenced by scindere, to split).] shin'gler n. |
| shin·gle 2 (shĭng'gəl) n.
[Middle English.] shin'gly adj. |