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SHAMPOO
shampoo
(noun) the act of washing your hair with shampoo
shampoo
(noun) cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair
shampoo
(verb) use shampoo on (hair)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shampoo (countable and uncountable, plural shampoos)
(originally) A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
Synonym: massage
A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
Coordinate term: conditioner
An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
Synonym: shampooing
(humorous, slang) Champagne.
Synonyms: bubbly, champers, fizz
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.
(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.
Synonym: massage
Anagrams
• oompahs
Source: Wiktionary
Sham*poo", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shampooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Shampooing.] Etym: [Hind. champna 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", n.
Definition: The act of shampooing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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