shingles

/หˆสƒษชล‹ษกษ™lz/

IPA: /SH IH1 NG G AH0 L Z/

noun
  1. 1

    Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.

noun
  1. 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. 2

    A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.

  3. 3

    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).

noun
  1. 1

    A punitive strap such as a belt.

  2. 2

    (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.

noun
  1. 1

    Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shingles