Definition of SHAMPOO

shampoo

Meanings

Plural: shampoos

Noun

  • cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair
  • the act of washing your hair with shampoo
  • 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 soaplike product for washing hair or other fibers, such as carpets.
  • An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
  • Champagne.

Verb

  • use shampoo on (hair)
  • To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
  • To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), mid 18th c.

Scrabble Score: 14

shampoo is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
shampoo is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shampoo is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

shampoo is a valid Words With Friends word