shampoo
IPA: ʃæmpˈu
noun
- (originally) 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.
- (humorous, slang) Champagne.
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "shampoo" in Sentences
- Cathy used a coupon for the shampoo.
- Will soap and shampoo lather in salt water
- The shampoo makes your hair lustrous and radiant.
- The hair shampoo is typically in the form of a gel.
- I guess one was shampoo and one was the conditioner.
- The shampoo adds body and softness to lackluster hair.
- Many people liked the way the shampoo cleaned their hair.
- For any length, simply squeeze the shampoo down the length of the hair.
- A part of a series of articles related to the promotion of a shampoo brand.
- That night, Clyde washes his hair with the shampoo, killing many of the lice.