"shingles" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-shingles.wav [US] Forms: shingle [singular], shingles [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|shingle}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The plural form of shingle; more than one (kind of) shingle.
    Sense id: simple-shingles-en-noun-4TOtu5XI Categories (other): Plurals
  2. Shingles is a viral disease that causes a person to have a painful skin rash with blisters in a localized area.
    Sense id: simple-shingles-en-noun-z7ll9SqZ Categories (other): Colloquial

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɪŋɡəlz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-shingles.wav [US] Forms: shingle [canonical], shingles [third-person, singular], shingled [past], shingled [past, participle], shingling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|shingl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The third-person singular form of shingle.
    Sense id: simple-shingles-en-verb-EV6Yf-Ss
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