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shin⋅gles

  [shing-guhlz]
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–noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Pathology.
a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, esp. by reactivated virus in an older person, characterized by skin eruptions and pain along the course of involved sensory nerves.
Also called herpes zoster.

Origin:
1350–1400; < ML cingulum (L: girdle; cf. cincture ) trans. of Gk znē zone in its medical sense; see -s 3
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shin⋅gle

1  [shing-guhl] noun, verb, -gled, -gling.
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
4. to cover with shingles, as a roof.
5. to cut (hair) close to the head.
—Idioms
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.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME scincle, sc(h)ingle < ML scindula lath, shingle (ME -g- appar. by assoc. with another unidentified word), L scandula (ML -i- perh. by assoc. with Gk schíza lath, splinter, or related words)

Related forms:
shingler, noun

shin⋅gle

2  [shing-guhl]
–noun
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.
Origin:
1530–40; appar. var. of earlier chingle; cf. Norw singel small stones

shin⋅gle

3  [shing-guhl]
–verb (used with object), -gled, -gling. Metalworking.
to hammer or squeeze (puddled iron) into a bloom or billet, eliminating as much slag as possible; knobble.
Origin:
1665–75; < F cingler to whip, beat < G zängeln, deriv. of Zange tongs
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shin·gle 1   (shĭng'gəl)   
n.  
  1. A thin oblong piece of material, such as wood or slate, that is laid in overlapping rows to cover the roof or sides of a house or other building.
  2. Informal A small signboard, as one indicating a professional office: After passing the bar exam, she hung out her shingle.
  3. A woman's close-cropped haircut.
v.   tr. shin·gled, shin·gling, shin·gles
  1. To cover (a roof or building) with shingles.
  2. To cut (hair) short and close to the head.

[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.  
  1. Beach gravel consisting of large smooth pebbles unmixed with finer material.
  2. A stretch of shore or beach covered with such gravel.

[Middle English.]
shin'gly adj.
shin·gles   (shĭng'gəlz)   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
An acute viral infection characterized by inflammation of the sensory ganglia of certain spinal or cranial nerves and the eruption of vesicles along the affected nerve path. It usually strikes only one side of the body and is often accompanied by severe neuralgia. Also called herpes zoster.

[Middle English, alteration (influenced by Old French cengles, pl. of cengle, shingles, and by Old French sengle, single, chingle, belt) of Medieval Latin cingulus (translation of Greek zōstēr, girdle, shingles, from the fact that the inflammation often extends around the middle of the body), variant of Latin cingulum, girdle, from cingere, to gird; see kenk- in Indo-European roots.]
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Shingles

Shin"gles\, n. [OF. cengle a girth, F. sangle, fr. L. cingulum a girdle, fr. cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture, Cingle, Surcingle.] (Med.) A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain.
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Language Translation for : shingles
Spanish: herpes,
German: die Gürtelrose,
Japanese: 帯状疱疹
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shingles 
1398, "inflammatory disease of the skin," from M.L. cingulus (loan-translation of Gk. zoster "girdle"), variant of L. cingulum "girdle," from cingere "to gird" (see cinch). The inflammation often extends around the middle of the body, like a girdle.
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Main Entry: shin·gles
Pronunciation: 'shi[ng]-g&lz
Function: noun plural but singular in construction
: an acute viral inflammation of the sensoryganglia of spinal and cranial nerves associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pain and caused by reactivation of the herpesvirus causing chicken pox called also herpes zoster,zona, zoster
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shingles shin·gles (shĭng'gəlz)
n.
An acute infection caused by a herpesvirus and characterized by inflammation of the sensory ganglia of certain spinal or cranial nerves and the eruption of vesicles along the affected nerve path. It usually strikes only one side of the body and is often accompanied by severe neuralgia. Also called herpes zoster, zona, zoster.

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shingles   (shĭng'gəlz)  Pronunciation Key 
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