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shampoo noun [ ʃamˈpuː ]

• a liquid preparation for washing the hair.
• "he smelt clean, of soap and shampoo"

shampoo verb

• wash or clean (something, especially the hair) with shampoo.
• "Dolly was sitting in the bath shampooing her hair"
Origin: mid 18th century (in the sense ‘massage (as part of a Turkish bath process)’): from Hindi cāṃpo! ‘press!’, imperative of cāṃpnā .


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