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Webster 1913 Edition
Shampoo
Sham-poo′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Shampooed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shampooing
.] [Hind.
chāmpnā
to press, to squeeze.] [Writing also
champoo
.] 1.
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.
2.
To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing.
Sham-poo′
,Noun.
The act of shampooing.
Definition 2024
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See also: Shampoo
English
Noun
shampoo (plural shampoos)
- 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.
- (humorous, slang) Champagne (wine).
Synonyms
- (instance of washing hair/fibres with shampoo): shampooing
- (champagne) bubbly, champers, fizz
Descendants
See also
Translations
massage
product for washing the hair or other fibres
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instance of washing the hair with shampoo
instance of washing other fibres with shampoo
humorous slang: champagne
Verb
shampoo (third-person singular simple present shampoos, present participle shampooing, simple past and past participle shampooed)
- (intransitive) To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
- My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.
- (transitive) To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
- (transitive) 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.
Translations
to wash hair with shampoo
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to wash (the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑm.poː/
- Hyphenation: sham‧poo
Etymology
Borrowing from English shampoo.
Noun
shampoo m (plural shampoos, diminutive shampootje n)
- shampoo (product for washing hair)
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from English shampoo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sham‧poo
- Rhymes: -oː
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑmpːoː/, /ˈsɑmpːoː/
Noun
shampoo
- shampoo (commercial liquid soap)
Declension
| Inflection of shampoo (Kotus type 20/filee, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | shampoo | shampoot | |
| genitive | shampoon | shampoiden shampoitten |
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| partitive | shampoota | shampoita | |
| illative | shampoohon shampooseen |
shampoihin shampoisiin |
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| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | shampoo | shampoot | |
| accusative | nom. | shampoo | shampoot |
| gen. | shampoon | ||
| genitive | shampoon | shampoiden shampoitten |
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| partitive | shampoota | shampoita | |
| inessive | shampoossa | shampoissa | |
| elative | shampoosta | shampoista | |
| illative | shampoohon shampooseen |
shampoihin shampoisiin |
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| adessive | shampoolla | shampoilla | |
| ablative | shampoolta | shampoilta | |
| allative | shampoolle | shampoille | |
| essive | shampoona | shampoina | |
| translative | shampooksi | shampoiksi | |
| instructive | — | shampoin | |
| abessive | shampootta | shampoitta | |
| comitative | — | shampoineen | |
Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po, “knead!”), from the Sanskrit root चपयति (capayati, “to pound, to knead”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃampo/
- Hyphenation: shàm‧poo
Noun
shampoo m (invariable)
- shampoo (detergent, washing of hair with such detergent)