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verb
Shampoo  v. t.  (past & past part. shampooed; pres. part. shampooing)  (Written also champoo)  
1.
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.
2.
To wash throughly and rub the head of (a person), with the fingers, using either soap, or a soapy preparation, for the more thorough cleansing.






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"Shampoo" Quotes from Famous Books



... and continued to pour Till his bonny blue eyes, like his love, were no more. It was seldom he got such a hearty shampoo— Sing ...
— Black Beetles in Amber • Ambrose Bierce

... soap-plant, whose roots, when bruised in water, make a very thick and remarkably soft and white lather. The plant is much used by the natives for cleansing clothes, and is far superior to any manufactured soap for scouring woolens. It also makes an admirable shampoo mixture.] numbers of which were growing all ...
— The Young Trail Hunters • Samuel Woodworth Cozzens

... on nine o'clock and the boys are nowheres near ready; I haven't dressed the twins yet, and the boys are trying to shampoo each other—they've got your bottle of bay rum, and not a single shoe have they greased. I wish you'd hurry up and come down; for if there's one thing you know I hate it's to go into church after the beginning of the first lesson with those boys squeaking and scrunching up the ...
— Flamsted quarries • Mary E. Waller

... with electric fans and screens. In spite of these conveniences, however, travel in Java is hot and dusty and generally disagreeable. After a railway journey one needs a bath, a shave, a haircut, a shampoo, a massage, and a complete outfit of fresh ...
— Where the Strange Trails Go Down • E. Alexander Powell

... at Nine Mile House, asked me what had become of Mr. Pete Barnes. I sold her some henna shampoo and a box ...
— The Comings of Cousin Ann • Emma Speed Sampson

... scalp usually brings very satisfactory results, stimulating a new growth and healthy appearance. The value of tonics often is in the massage. Many of the hair tonics and shampoos on the market not only are not beneficial, but are dangerous. An ordinary egg shampoo, which may be prepared at home, is perhaps the best, for it not only cleanses ...
— Confidences - Talks With a Young Girl Concerning Herself • Edith B. Lowry

... called the guard, and, putting a bill into his hand, asked him to send up the prison barber and to have a good meal sent in in the course of half an hour. When the barber arrived, I had him take Swain in hand, give him a shave and shampoo and general freshening up. Then I saw that he got into clean things; and then the breakfast arrived, and I made him sit down and eat. He obeyed passively, and I could see the food did him good. When he had finished his coffee, I handed ...
— The Gloved Hand • Burton E. Stevenson

... shaven and manicured and betailored into a model of well-nourished—possibly over-nourished—senectitude. His mustaches and beard were waxed and pointed. Once he had deplored the necessity and trouble of the Sabbath shave—and his hair had known no law of shears or shampoo. In his lapel a gardenia was carefully placed so that it should not obscure the button which proclaimed him a Son of the American Revolution. He restlessly tapped his gaitered boots with a stick upon whose gold head was carven the ...
— Destiny • Charles Neville Buck

... bending horizon and arching sky shift as he shifts in all creation's constant endeavor to swing around and center on him. Nothing centers on him in the city, where he thinks by "mental massage"—through the scalp with laying on of hands, as by benediction or shampoo. ...
— The Hills of Hingham • Dallas Lore Sharp

... out, I have been abroad so long. Nothing like a good shampoo; for a guinea a year you can have it done as often ...
— Spring Days • George Moore



Words linked to "Shampoo" :   cleaner, haircare, hair care, cleanser, wash, hairdressing, condition



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