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shampoo

shampoo

89 1.0
A liquid or cream you use to wash hair
  • noun
  • /ʃæmˈpu/
translation icon : champú
  • She recommended a shampoo specifically designed for oily hair.
  • hair shampoo
  • soap and shampoo
  • shampoo advertisement

This is the advanced clean dry shampoo for your scalp.

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Examples

  • Steam billows up in the shower while Dave scrubs shampoo into his hair.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Hey, do you think you could pass me my shampoo?

  • So I picked up a shampoo and I love it.

  • And it's her own range of dry shampoo, which is so exciting.

  • Mama starts using her special new shampoo. "Your mother has beautiful hair."

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Mother followed her instructions, and I still remember the wonderful effect of that shampoo on her hair.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • You guys, this smells like a shampoo that I used to use.

  • This is the Moroccan oil dry shampoo, the dark tones one.

  • Brian kissed my hair, against my cheek, and the perfume of my shampoo surrounded me.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • I washed my hair with adult formula shampoo and used creme rinse.

How Effective

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shampoo
89 1.0

Surface Forms

shampoo singular
shampoos plural

Etymology

The word shampoo comes from an old Indian word champo, which meant 'press' or 'massage' of the head. It first named a head massage and later the liquid used to wash hair, so shampoo now means the product you use to clean your hair.