Shingles

What do we mean by shingles?

An acute viral infection characterized by inflammation of the sensory ganglia of certain spinal or cranial nerves and the eruption of vesicles along the affected nerve path. It usually strikes only one side of the body and is often accompanied by severe neuralgia. noun plural

A cutaneous disease, herpes zoster. See herpes. noun

A kind of herpes (Herpes zoster) which spreads half way around the body like a girdle, and is usually attended with violent neuralgic pain. noun

Herpes zoster. noun

Plural form of shingle. noun

Eruptions along a nerve path often accompanied by severe neuralgia noun

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

Something that is good is shingles. Another new word for cool. Urban Dictionary

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. Urban Dictionary

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!). Urban Dictionary

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.) Don't think you sound odd, you sound polite in front of other people's kids. Urban Dictionary

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

A geeky shaking dance done traditionaly by nerds. Arms up and wiggling with head. Urban Dictionary

An awesome dance that is danced in Hawaii commonly danced by females with pink grass skirts. you move your hips, and wave your arms in a random ass way. Urban Dictionary

To get drunk, hammered Urban Dictionary

A paddle, as is common in Greek Letter Fraternities and Sororities Urban Dictionary

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. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to shingles:
shingles, shingle, singles, shingled, shingler, swingles, single, singley, singlet, swingle, hinges, shines, shankles, ingles, shingly, jingles, singled, stingless, spindles, spangles, swindles, shindle, thingies, singes, mingles, singlets, sphinges, sniggles, tingles, swinges, dingles, whinges, shinkle, shindies, swingled, bingles, kringles, shinnies, shindler, higgles, hingle, stingley, spinules, cringles, chingle, pringles, shinties, shings, singler.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word shingles:
zoster, chickenpox, varicella, neuralgia, lath, sawn, roofing, herpes, wraparound, shingled, shingle, shakes, dormer, thatch, roofline, porch, eaves, gable, asphalt, clapboard, corrugated, pierced, siding, rafters, woodwork, gabled, sheeting, roofs, belfry, stucco, cupola, asbestos, chimney, balustrade, cornice, brickwork, roof, wraps, projecting, facade, flooring, tiles, brackets, sash, fiberglass, rash, verandah, decorative, vaccine, vaccination, rustic, slate, sails, clad, bays, tile, lumber, attic, barn, octagonal, exterior, spire, framing, portico, brick, cypress, topped, nails, logs, virus, blown, rests, trim, wooden, timber, panels, windows, bark, incidence, turret, flanked, piers, stained, cedar, interior, nave, columns, window, wood, posts, rectangular, decorated, walls, atop, register, fence, paired, exposed, garage, cement.

Words that rhyme with shingles:
singles, ingles, jingles, mingles, gingles, ingels.

Adjectives that are often used to describe shingles:
wooden, old, new, red, split, few, drear, gray, loose, white, weathered, individual, brown, cement, green, cedar, rough, naked, inch, black, original, fiberglass, dark, thin, unpainted, dry, broken, splitting, standard, slate, scale, sawed, stained, ordinary, wide, heavy, grey, warped, scalloped, made, rotten, hewn, rived, thick, colored, cut, pine, excellent, laminated, adjacent, solar, enough, wet, regular, dutch, grade, fashioned, fireproof, handmade, exterior, sawn, decorative, wood, mossy, yellow, flat, architectural, fancy, untreated, conventional, beaten, riven, clapboard, rotted, organic, sealing, style, shaped.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective shingles:
forming.

Words that sound like shingles:
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