shampoo
/ʃamˈpuː/
Dictionary
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 soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
- An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
"I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo."
- Champagne.
verb
- To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
"My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken."
- 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.
Synonyms:massage
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