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Definitions for Shingling

[1] Geology . a sedimentary structure in which flat pebbles are uniformly tilted in the same direction.
[2] 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.
[3] a woman's close-cropped haircut.
[4] Informal . a small signboard, especially as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office.
[5] to cover with shingles, as a roof.
[6] to cut (hair) close to the head.
[7] to hammer or squeeze (puddled iron) into a bloom or billet, eliminating as much slag as possible; knobble.
[8] a thin rectangular tile, esp one made of wood, that is laid with others in overlapping rows to cover a roof or a wall
[9] a woman's short-cropped hairstyle
[10] US and Canadian a small signboard or nameplate fixed outside the office of a doctor, lawyer, etc
[11] a shingle short Australian informal unintelligent or mentally subnormal
[12] to cover (a roof or a wall) with shingles
[13] to cut (the hair) in a short-cropped style
[14] coarse gravel, esp the pebbles found on beaches
[15] a place or area strewn with shingle
[16] (tr) metallurgy to hammer or squeeze the slag out of (iron) after puddling in the production of wrought iron

Words related to Shingling

hairdo, hairstyle, trim, pare, kiss, shred, skim, brush, slash, shear, prune, finish, fabricate, mold, enclose, erect, construct, bob, trimming

Words nearby Shingling

shiner, shiner perch, shingle, shingle oak, shingles, shingling, shingly, shingon, shining, shining cuckoo, shinju

Origin of Shingling

e31665–75; < French cingler to whip, beat < German zängeln, derivative of Zange tongs

Other words from Shingling

shin·gler , noun

Word origin for Shingling

eC17: from Old French dialect chingler to whip, from chingle belt, from Latin cingula girdle; see cingulum

Synonyms for Shingling

crew cut, hairdo, hairstyle, bangs, bob, pompadour, trimming, buzz cut, feather cut