Shampoo
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /ʃæmˈpu/
Origin
From Hindi चाà¤à¤ªà¥‹, imperative form of चाà¤à¤ªà¤¨à¤¾ (champna, "to press, knead"), from the Sanskrit root चपयति (√cap, "to pound, knead").
Full definition of shampoo
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
- German:
Verb
- (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.