1
: a 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
: a small signboard especially designating a professional office
—used chiefly in the phrase hang out one's shingle
3
: a woman's haircut with the hair trimmed short from the back of the head to the nape
shingled; shingling
ˈshiŋ-g(ə-)liŋ 
1
: to cover with or as if with shingles
2
: to bob and shape (the hair) in a shingle
3
: to lay out or arrange so as to overlap
1
: coarse rounded detritus or alluvial material especially on the seashore that differs from ordinary gravel only in the larger size of the stones
2
: a place strewn with shingle
Examples of shingle in a Sentence
Verb
a house shingled with cedar
Recent Examples on the Web
Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of wood shake roofing / shingles.
—Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Metal roofs and high-grade asphalt shingles that meet wind resistance standards are among the best options.
—Sara Kendall, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Think wood shingles, exposed beams, and lots of shiplap.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
That included the finding that in rare instances — about seven per million doses — the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine triggered a bout of shingles serious enough to require hospitalization.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 3 May 2024
While that shingle saw some success and flirted with bankruptcy in 2007, Bang’s discovery of BTS turned the company around.
—Laura Sirikul, Variety, 3 May 2024
Damage reports included one broken window, some shingle lost on a home and broken tree limbs, Wise said.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
Between the bun the brisket is plenty tender with a healthy chew, the slices layered like roofing shingles.
—Drew Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
Jennifer Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
Ervin, who was eight at the time of the tragedy, follows the case with devastating rigor, shingling its developments with her memories of growing up without a mother.
—The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The duo shingled strips of sirloin cooked sous vide in duck fat, garlic, thyme and rosemary between layers of blue cheese bacon mousse and braised short rib jam.
—The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Most notably, the unit is topped with a Cape Cod-style shingled cottage.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
Except, that is, for a Cape Cod–style shingled cottage atop a red-brick building on the corner of 1st Street and First Avenue, which has just returned to the market for $9.75 million.
—A Seaside Cottage, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2024
Western Digital already had a steep climb to win back NAS customers' trust after shipping NAS drives with SMR (shingled magnetic recording) instead of CMR (conventional magnetic recording).
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023
Thick slices of extra crispy, crackling pork belly were shingled over a thick kare-kare sauce.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
Continue shingling apple slices, working toward center of crust, until almost filled to the center.
—Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
Noun
The new production shingle from Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 filmmakers William Swann and Casey Feldman, Good-People, is set to produce alongside the Candle Media owned Hello Sunshine.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of wood shake roofing / shingles.
—Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 8 May 2024
Metal roofs and high-grade asphalt shingles that meet wind resistance standards are among the best options.
—Sara Kendall, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
Think wood shingles, exposed beams, and lots of shiplap.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
That included the finding that in rare instances — about seven per million doses — the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine triggered a bout of shingles serious enough to require hospitalization.
—Apoorva Mandavilli, New York Times, 3 May 2024
While that shingle saw some success and flirted with bankruptcy in 2007, Bang’s discovery of BTS turned the company around.
—Laura Sirikul, Variety, 3 May 2024
Damage reports included one broken window, some shingle lost on a home and broken tree limbs, Wise said.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
Between the bun the brisket is plenty tender with a healthy chew, the slices layered like roofing shingles.
—Drew Jackson, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2024
Verb
Many residents’ families have lived in this tiny community of gray shingled homes for generations.
—Jennifer Wilson, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
Ervin, who was eight at the time of the tragedy, follows the case with devastating rigor, shingling its developments with her memories of growing up without a mother.
—The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
The duo shingled strips of sirloin cooked sous vide in duck fat, garlic, thyme and rosemary between layers of blue cheese bacon mousse and braised short rib jam.
—The Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2024
Most notably, the unit is topped with a Cape Cod-style shingled cottage.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
Except, that is, for a Cape Cod–style shingled cottage atop a red-brick building on the corner of 1st Street and First Avenue, which has just returned to the market for $9.75 million.
—A Seaside Cottage, Curbed, 25 Jan. 2024
Western Digital already had a steep climb to win back NAS customers' trust after shipping NAS drives with SMR (shingled magnetic recording) instead of CMR (conventional magnetic recording).
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 June 2023
Thick slices of extra crispy, crackling pork belly were shingled over a thick kare-kare sauce.
—Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024
Continue shingling apple slices, working toward center of crust, until almost filled to the center.
—Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2023
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shingle
1 of 2 noun
shin·gle
ˈshiŋ-gəl
1
: a small thin piece of building material for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building
2
: a small sign
3
: a woman's short haircut
shinglelike
adjective
-ˌlīk
shingle
2 of 2 verb
shingled; shingling
-g(ə-)liŋ
1
: to cover with or as if with shingles
2
: to cut and shape the hair in a shingle
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