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1.nounA 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.
2.nounA rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
3.nounA small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
4.verbTo cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
5.verbTo cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.