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
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
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
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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
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
