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    [Noun]  | "shin*gles" | \ ˈshiŋ-gəlz \


    1: an acute viral inflammation of the sensory ganglia of spinal and cranial nerves that is associated with a vesicular eruption and neuralgic pains and is caused by reactivation of the herpesvirus causing chickenpox —called also herpes zoster, zoster

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English schingles, by folk etymology from Medieval Latin cingulus, from Latin cingulum girdle {mat|cingulum|};

    [Noun]  | "shin*gle" | \ ˈshiŋ-gəl \


    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

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English schingel, alteration of Old English scindel, from Medieval Latin scindula, alteration of Latin scandula;

    [Noun]  | "shingle" 


    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

    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English chyngell; akin to Middle Low German singel seashore gravel;

    [Verb]  | "shingle" 


    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

    Origin: 1562 ;

    [Noun]  | "shingles" 


    1: as in sediments, silts;


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    [Verb]  | "shingles" 


    1: as in overlaps, overlays;


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     [ "shingles" ]

    1: Something that is good is shingles. Another new word for cool.

      * e.g.,  ... Aaahh that is shabby shingles man 

     [ "shingling" ]

    1: The act of continuing to date a girl you want to break up with while you start dating a new girl. It usually occurs because you either don't't know how to break up with your girlfriend, or because you want insurance in case the new girlfriend doesn't work out. The period of overlap is like the way shingles overlap on a roof.

      * e.g.,  ... John's was shingling with Alice until he finds a way to break up with Mary. 

     [ "Shingles" ]

    1: A rash that occurs on the abdomen and is extremely uncomfortable. Should seek medical attention and dont rub on anyone (especially the young or elderly!).

      * e.g.,  ... Well billy...I had shingles once...Yep 

     [ "shingle" ]

    1: a substitute for shit in a situation where you can't curse words. e.g. a high school sporting event, a youth soccer game. (very useful when you have gotten halfway to making a curse word mistake, a faux pas, shit morphs into shingle quite naturally.)

      * e.g.,  ... Oh my, shingle, that was a horrible call. 

     [ "shingle" ]

    2: Don't think you sound odd, you sound polite in front of other people's kids.

      * e.g.,  ... Shingle. Shingle. Shingle. 

     [ "Shingled" ]

    1: For a smoking piece, of any sort, to be completly emptied of all smokables left with only ash.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, this bowl is shingled 

     [ "Shingle" ]

    1: A geeky shaking dance done traditionaly by nerds. Arms up and wiggling with head.

      * e.g.,  ... Everybody in the house do the shingle! 

     [ "Shingles" ]

    1: An awesome dance that is danced in Hawaii commonly danced by females with pink grass skirts.

      * e.g.,  ... "hey Lets go do the Shingles on the dance floor. 

     [ "Shingles" ]

    2: you move your hips, and wave your arms in a random ass way.

     [ "shingled" ]

    1: to get drunk, hammered

      * e.g.,  ... man, last night i got really shingled 

     [ "shingle" ]

    1: A paddle, as is common in Greek Letter Fraternities and Sororities

      * e.g.,  ... Make me a shingle, pledges! 

     [ "Shingle" ]

    1: Thick pizza that is very well done and is tough to chew. Therefore when bitten into it has the same affect as bitting into a shingle, hence it's name.

      * e.g.,  ... "Whoaw, what's wrong?!" 

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