<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a thin piece of wood, slate, metal, asbestos, or the like, usually oblong, laid in overlapping rows to cover the roofs and walls of buildings.</li><li>a woman's close-cropped haircut.</li><li>a small signboard, especially as hung before a doctor's or lawyer's office.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to cover with shingles, as a roof.</li><li>to cut (hair) close to the head.</li></ul>