shampoo A2 Topic:Materials & Substances US /ʃæmˈpuː/ UK /ʃamˈpuː/ See IPA manual Freq #9314 Meanings 1 noun A liquid soap used for washing your hair. She bought a bottle of shampoo and some soap. 2 verb To wash hair or fabric with shampoo. I'm going to shampoo the carpet this weekend. Thesaurus Word family Forms shampooedshampooingshampoos Derived forms overshampooreshampooshampooableshampooeyshampoolike Etymology AI details From Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), mid 18th c. चाँपो hi View etymology graph -> Topics Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # shampoo **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ʃæmˈpuː/ **IPA (UK):** /ʃamˈpuː/ **Frequency rank:** 9314 ## Meanings 1. A liquid soap used for washing your hair. 2. To wash hair or fabric with shampoo. ## Examples - She bought a bottle of shampoo and some soap. - I'm going to shampoo the carpet this weekend. ## Derived Forms - overshampoo - reshampoo - shampooable - shampooey - shampoolike ## Roots and Affixes - Root: चाँपो ## Etymology From Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), mid 18th c. ## AI Etymology Shampoo is from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), mid 18th c. Important forms in the word's history include hi चाँपो. In current use it includes senses such as A liquid soap used for washing your hair and To wash hair or fabric with shampoo. ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown