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| shingle |
| 1. n. 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. n. A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel. |
| 3. n. 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. v. To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles. |
| 5. v. To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof. |
| 6. v. (transitive, manufacturing) To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy. |
| 7. v. To beat with a shingle. |
| 8. n. A punitive strap such as a belt. |
| 9. n. (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment. |
| 10. n. Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach. |
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