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shampooing

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/ʃamˈpuːɪŋ/ English

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verb

  1. To wash one's own hair with shampoo.“My neat-freak of a friend has been compulsively shampooing for every bath he has taken.”
  2. To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.
  3. 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.

noun

  1. The act of cleaning something with shampoo.“The foyer carpet needed regular shampooings.”

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