barber vs shingle

barber

verb
  • To cut the hair or beard of (a person). 

  • To chatter, talk. 

noun
  • A barber surgeon, a foot soldier specializing in treating battlefield injuries. 

  • A storm accompanied by driving ice spicules formed from sea water, especially one occurring on the Gulf of St. Lawrence; so named from the cutting ice spicules. 

  • A person whose profession is cutting (usually male) customers' hair and beards. 

shingle

verb
  • To cut, as hair, so that the ends are evenly exposed all over the head, like shingles on a roof. 

  • To hammer and squeeze material in order to expel cinder and impurities from it, as in metallurgy. 

  • To increase the storage density of (a hard disk) by writing tracks that partially overlap. 

  • To cover with small, thin pieces of building material, with shingles. 

  • To beat with a shingle. 

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

  • 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. 

  • A punitive strap such as a belt. 

  • Any paddle used for corporal punishment. 

  • 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). 

  • Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach. 

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