shampoo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
A commercial liquid soaplike product for washing hair or other fibers, such as carpets.
An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
Champagne.

verb

To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
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.

/ʃæmˈpuː/ en-us-shampoo.ogg /ʃamˈpuː/ /ˈʃampu/ /ˈʃampʊ/ /ˈʃɑ-/ [ʃaːmpɨ]

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From Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), mid 18th c.

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