Shampoo

Definition: Shampoo

Shampoo

Noun

1. Cleansing agent consisting of soaps or detergents used for washing the hair.

2. The act of washing your hair with shampoo.

Verb

1. Use shampoo on (hair).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "shampoo" was first used: 1762. (references)

Biographical Satire

Dream Interpretation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Shampoo

Dutch (shampoo), German (shampoo), Italian (shampoo), Samoan (shampoo).

It must be my new shampoo. (Sunset Blvd.; writing credit: Charles Brackett)

People who talk in metaphors oughta shampoo my crotch (As Good As It Gets; writing credit: Mark Andrus)

Denise pushed us out of the bathroom and Rudy doesn't have all of the shampoo rinsed out of her hair (The Cosby Show; writing credit: Bob Shayne)

Well, I did pass out today and got hit in the head by a baseball and brushed my teeth with shampoo then butchered Rimsky- Korsakov in front of 1,500 people, and my clothes fell apart (The Man with One Red Shoe; writing credit: Francis Veber; Yves Robert)

I washed my hair with adult formula shampoo and used cream rinse for that just-washed shine (Home Alone; writing credit: John Hughes)

Found Geronimo's rifle, Marilyn's shampoo (If It Makes You Happy; performing artist: Sheryl Crow)

Shampoo the Magician (1932)

French Shampoo (1978)

Black Shampoo (1976)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Shampoo in North America & the Caribbean (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Shampoo Haircare Products (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Poland Shampoo Report 2002 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Shampoo Planet (reference)

• The 2000-2005 World Outlook for Shampoo [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

• The green consumer guide : from shampoo to champagne : high-street shopping for a better environment (reference)

• US SHAMPOO REPORT 2002 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Shampoo (reference)

• Black Shampoo (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Prince of Shampoo (reference)

• We Are Shampoo (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• GS 2224-6 Soap and Shampoo Holder (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Bond's, business at 6th and Vine Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. Shampoo room. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Use a mild shampoo. (references)

Warm compresses should be applied to the lid to loosen the crusts, followed by a light scrubbing of the eyelid with a cotton swab and a mixture of water and baby shampoo. (references)

A 1% permethrin or pyrethrin lice shampoo, also called pediculicide peh-DICK-you-luh-side, is recommended to treat pubic lice. These products are available with out a prescription at your local drug store. (references)

Business

The most popular shampoo brands include Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Timotei and Sunsilk. (references)

In the shampoo segment, local manufacturers have significantly strengthened their positions in the market. (references)

The products that spent the most for advertising were shampoo, laundry detergents, soft drinks, soap, beer, motorbikes and toothpaste. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

Due to the reduction of the IPI (Tax on Industrialized Products) , some products considered essential (soaps, shampoo, dental cream, i.e.) had a meaningful market growth. (references)

Trade

Poland

They include a wide range of diverse products, including wire rods, steel pipes and castings, motor vehicle components, bicycles, personal computers, fertilizers, and shampoo. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Beginning with "shampoo": shampoo-swilling.

Ending with "shampoo": mini-shampoo, pre-shampoo, wella-shampoo.

Afrikaans

sjampoe. (various references)

Albanian

shampo, larje koke. (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستحضر صابون, ‏غسل الرأس بالشامبو, ‏غسل الرأس, ‏غسل الشعر بالصابون و الماء, ‏غسل شعر الرأس, ‏شامبو. (various references)

Asturian

xampú. (various references)

Bulgarian 

шампоан, мия косата, миене на косата. (various references)

Cebuano

bubho. (various references)

Chinese 

香波. (various references)

Czech

umýt šamponem, šampon. (various references)

Danish

shampoo. (various references)

Dutch

shampoo, het haar wassen. (various references)

Esperanto

ŝampuo, ŝampui. (various references)

Faeroese

sjampo. (various references)

Farsi 

سرشویه , سرشوی , باشامپویاسرشوی شستشودادن . (various references)

Finnish

pesu ja kampaus (shampoo and set). (various references)

French

shampooing. (various references)

Frisian

sjampo, hierwaskjemiddel. (various references)

German

schampunieren, Haarwaschmittel (lotion, shampoos), waschen (bathe, clean, clean down, launder, lave, pan, sluice, sponge down, to bathe, to give a wash, to launder, to lave, to wash, wash, washing). (various references)

Greek 

σαμπουάν. (various references)

Hebrew 

לחפוף ראש, תרחיץ (lotion, wash). (various references)

Hungarian

sampon. (various references)

Indonesian

sampo, pencuci rambut. (various references)

Inuktitut

nujaqmut uasaut. (various references)

Italian

shampooing, shampoo, lavare con shampoo, detersivo liquido. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

洗髪. (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せ�"ぱつ (advance party, forerunner, going on ahead, hair dyeing), シャンプー . (various references)

Korean 

샴푸. (various references)

Macedonian

sampon. (various references)

Manx

sheeabin foltoonlee, folt-oonley, folt-heeabin. (various references)

Papiamen

shampu, zjampo. (various references)

Pig Latin

ampooshay.(various references)

Portuguese

xampu, massagem (massage, rubbing), lavar o cabelo, champu, champô. (various references)

Provencal

shampong. (various references)

Romanian

spãlatul capului, masaj (massage, rubber), loţiune (lotion, shampooing, wash), fricţiune (disagreement, divergence, divergency, friction, rub, rubbing, rubdown), şampona, şampon. (various references)

Romansch

schampo. (various references)

Russian 

шампунь, мытье головы, мыть шампунем/ шампунь. (various references)

Samoan

shampoo. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prati kosu, oprati (brush, launder, lave, wash, wash up), šampon. (various references)

Spanish

champú (dandruff, wash). (various references)

Swedish

schamponera. (various references)

Turkish

köpükle yıkamak, şampuanlamak, şampuanlama, şampuanla yıkamak, şampuan. (various references)

Ukrainian

шампунь, масажувати (knead, massage), миття голови, мити голову. (various references)

Vietnamese 

thuốc gội đầu sự gội đầu. (various references)

capayati. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "shampoo": shampooed, shampooer, shampooers, shampooing, shampoos. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Shampoo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sanpoa, scampoo, Sharmpal, Shimbu, Shimojo, Shmarov, Tampopo. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: oompahs.

-1 letter: oompah, oomphs.

-2 letters: homos, hoops, oomph, opahs, poohs.

-3 letters: amps, hams, haps, hasp, homo, hoop, hops, maps, mash, mhos, moas, moos, mops, mosh, ohms, oohs, oops, opah, pams, pash, poms, pooh, posh, samp, sham, shmo, shoo, shop, soap, soma, soph, spam.

-4 letters: amp, ash, asp, ham, hao, hap, has, hop, map, mas, mho, moa.

+1 letter: omphalos, shampoos.

+2 letters: amorphous, homoplasy, photomaps, photomask, shampooed, shampooer.

+3 letters: allomorphs, homeopaths, homographs, lagomorphs, monographs, nomographs, omophagies, omphaloses, phonograms, photograms, photomasks, shampooers, shampooing.

+4 letters: amorphously, chromoplast, cochampions, cosmography, gramophones, homophobias, homoplasies, homoplastic, homopterans, monophagies, monophagous, mycophagous, mythopoeias, photomosaic, photomurals, protohumans, taphonomies, taphonomist.

+5 letters: allelomorphs, allomorphism, anemophilous, apomorphines, automorphism, bronchospasm, chromoplasts, cosmographer, cosmographic, exophthalmos, gametophores, hippopotamus, homeopathies, lymphomatous, melanophores, metamorphose, monadelphous, nomographies, photomosaics, taphonomists, tomographies.