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Rareshampoo
The correct spelling is shampoo.
How to pronounce shampoo
/ʃamˈpuː/
nounIPA: /ʃamˈpuː/
Say it like: Sha-mpoo
The correct spelling is shampoo. A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs. For example: "I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo."
Usage Examples
“I’m going to give the carpet a shampoo.”
“My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
- 2.A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
- 3.An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.
- 4.Champagne.
verb
- 1.To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
- 2.To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
- 3.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.
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