shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/noun 4verb 3forms 3 noun4 •A commercial liquid soaplike product for washing hair or other fibers, such as carpets.These endocrine disruptors are everywhere: plastics, shampoos, cosmetics, cushions, pesticides, canned foods and A.T.M. receipts. They often aren’t on labels and can be difficult to avoid. — 2021 •An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo. •A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs. •(slang, humorous) Champagne. verb3 •To wash one's own hair with shampoo.My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken. •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. formsshampooed · shampooing · shampoos
