shampooing

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English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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shampooing

  1. present participle and gerund of shampoo

Noun

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shampooing (plural shampooings)

  1. The act of cleaning something with shampoo.
    The foyer carpet needed regular shampooings.
    • 1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      In certain moments his hair looks like it could use a shampooing.

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Pseudo-anglicism, from English shampoo +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.pwɛ̃/, /ʃɑ̃.pwɛ̃ɡ/
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Noun

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shampooing m (plural shampooings)

  1. shampoo
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