shingle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun 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. 2
   noun A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
3. 3
   noun A 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. 4
   verb To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles.
5. 5
   verb To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof.