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shampoo

Shampoo is defined as a special soap used to wash the hair, or is an act of using a special sudsy soap to clean someone or something.

(noun)

Pert Plus is an example of a shampoo.
When you use a special soap to lather up your dog and clean him, this is an example of a shampoo for your dog.

Shampoo is when you use a sudsy soap to lather something up to clean it and then rinse the soap out.

(verb)

Lathering up your puppy with a sudsy soap and then washing him clean is an example of a time when you shampoo your dog.

See shampoo in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb shampooed, shampooing

Obsolete to massage
to wash (the hair and scalp), esp. with a shampoo
to wash the hair and scalp of
to clean or wash (a rug, upholstery, etc.) with a shampoo

Origin: Hindi chāmpo, imper. of chāmpnā, to press, knead, shampoo

noun

the act of washing hair, a rug, etc.
a cleaning preparation, esp. one in liquid form that produces suds

Related Forms:

shampooer noun

See shampoo in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. sham·poos

Any of various liquid or cream preparations of soap or detergent used to wash the hair and scalp.
Any of various cleaning agents for rugs, upholstery, or cars.
The act or process of washing or cleaning with shampoo.

tr. & intr.v. sham·pooed, sham·poo·ing, sham·poos

To wash or undergo washing with shampoo.

Origin:

Origin: From Hindi cāṁpō

Origin: , imperative of cāṁpnā, to press

Related Forms:

sham·pooˈer noun

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