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Meaning of shampoo

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

shampoo

Pronunciation:/ʃamˈpuː//ʃæmˈpuː/

noun

Definitions

  1. A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.

    Synonyms:massage
  2. A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.

  3. An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

    Example: I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo.

    Synonyms:shampooing
  4. Champagne.

    Synonyms:bubblychampersfizz

verb

Definitions

  1. To wash one's own hair with shampoo.

    Example: My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.

  2. To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.

  3. To press or knead the whole surface of the body of (a person), and at the same time to stretch the limbs and joints, in connection with the hot bath.

    Synonyms:massage