how to pronounce shampoo

/ʃəmˈpu/

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shampoo is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of shampoo in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… today it appears in shampoo ice cream …”

meanings of shampoo

noun:

A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
Champagne.
A commercial liquid soap product for washing hair or other fibres/fibers, such as carpets.
An instance of washing the hair or other fibres with shampoo.

verb:

To wash one's own hair with shampoo.
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.
To wash (i.e. the hair, carpet, etc.) with shampoo.