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    shampoo
    I
    sham‧poo1 /ʃæmˈpuː/ noun
     Date: 1700-1800
     Language: Hindi
     Origin: cãpo, from cãpna 'to press, shampoo'
    1. [uncountable and countable] a liquid soap for washing your hair:
        What kind of shampoo do you use?
        a bottle of shampoo
    2. [countable usually singular] when someone washes your hair using shampoo:
        $21 for a shampoo, cut, and blow-dry
        shampoo and set (=when someone washes your hair and then dries it so that it has a particular style, especially using curlers)
    3. [uncountable and countable] a liquid used for cleaning carpets

    II
    shampoo2 verb [transitive]
    to wash something with shampoo:
        She showered and shampooed her short dark hair.