cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair
"She bought a new bottle of shampoo to cleanse her oily hair before bed."
the act of washing your hair with shampoo
"She spent ten minutes shampooing her curly locks before applying conditioner."
A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
"After a long day of travel, she enjoyed a relaxing shampoo at the local spa where warm herbal oils were massaged into her skin."
In plain English: Shampoo is liquid soap you put on your hair to clean it and make it look good.
"She bought a new bottle of shampoo to try after her hair dye appointment."
Usage: As a noun, this term refers to a specific traditional Indian or Persian herbal body massage rather than the common bottle of hair cleanser used in modern English. When discussing personal hygiene products for washing hair, use "shampoo" as both a verb and an object instead.
use shampoo on (hair)
"She carefully worked the shampoo into her hair before rinsing it out."
To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
"She sat down in front of the mirror to shampoo her tangled hair after a long day at work."
In plain English: To shampoo is to wash your hair with soap and water.
"She shampoos her hair every morning to keep it clean and fresh."
The word "shampoo" comes from the Hindi verb cāmpna, which originally meant to press or knead. It entered English in the mid-1700s as an imperative command for a massage technique used on horses, eventually evolving into its modern meaning of washing hair with soap and water.